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[Portrait of Bull Waggoner]

Description: Portrait of Bull Waggoner at home. Mr. Waggoner has just returned from a Sunday church meeting in this photo. Bull is wearing a hat and has his shirt unbuttoned in the August heat.
Date: 1972-08~
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Rally]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news stories about a rally at a south Dallas church against the killings of two Black people by police.
Date: October 23, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Baptist convention]

Description: A photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about black delegates arriving to Fort Worth, Texas for the 32nd annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention.
Date: September 6, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Black leaders]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the National Business League refusing to endorse a presidential candidate.
Date: October 6, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Honors]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a woman becoming the first African American to receive a doctorate degree from Waco campus of Baylor University and a Fort Worth fireman being re-elected as vice president of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
Date: August 19, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Fort Worth attorney]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Fort Worth attorney, Don Gladden, representing African Americans challenging the composition of the 130-member Texas delegation to the National Democratic Convention.
Date: June 28, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Black]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Black educator, Lerone Bennett Jr., talking about the American education system.
Date: October 5, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Ireland briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about violence in Ireland, a forest fire, and a contract for a study of people of color in American history.
Date: August 26, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Airmen protest]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 60 airmen, mostly Black, protesting for a shorter tour of duty at the Laredo Air Force Base.
Date: September 19, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Angela]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an all white jury being applauded for returning an innocent verdict in the kidnaop to murder trial of Angela Davis.
Date: June 4, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Student regent]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a Black law student who was the first ever student appointed as a school regent in Texas being rejected by the Senate.
Date: June 30, 1972, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dallas shooting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a police-involved shooting in Dallas.
Date: October 23, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gaines arrest]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a one-time leader of the Dallas Black Panther Party being charged extortion in connection with an alleged contribution collection of Vangaurd, a Black organization.
Date: October 7, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Hooks]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the only Black member of the Federal Communications Commission, Benjamin L. Hooks, addressing African American businessmen meeting in Dallas.
Date: October 6, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Evers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about civil rights leader Myrlie Evers speaking at a news conference in Dallas, Texas.
Date: September 13, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Black marchers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a rally at a south Dallas church against the killings of two Black people by police.
Date: October 23, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Spruce high school]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about parents meeting at Grady Spruce High School for a conference after a racial disturbance at the school.
Date: October 13, 1972, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Black protest]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about negotiations between the police and black leaders continuing along with Reverend Ralph Abernathy possibly coming back to Dallas is keeping tension high between the two.
Date: October 25, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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