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Oral History Interview with Pam Rose, December 1, 2006

Description: Interview with Pam Rose, resident of Eastland, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Rose discusses attending an all-black elementary school, desegregation of schools, discrimination she experienced, race relations in the community throughout history, public perceptions of race, education at Texas Women's University, and her career as a nurse.
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Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Rose, DeAnn & Rose, Pamela
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Renee Shelton, November 26, 2006

Description: Interview with Renee Shelton, a resident of Eastland County, regarding her experiences as a member of the African American community there. Shelton discusses starting school during the period of integration, discrimination she experienced, interracial dating, local community organizations, work at E. L. Graham Hospital and Russell-Newman, and prejudice experienced by her children in smaller Texas towns.
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Date: February 26, 2006
Creator: Rose, DeAnn & Shelton, Renee
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Betty Jo Weeks, October 20, 2006

Description: Interview with Betty Jo Weeks, resident of Cisco, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Weeks discusses attending all-black schools, her family and marriages, the barbeque business she started with her second husband Oscar Weeks, her career as a beautician, nurse's aid, and physical therapist's assistant, and experiences with discrimination.
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Date: October 20, 2006
Creator: Rose, DeAnn & Weeks, Betty Jo
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ledell Randle, October 7, 2006

Description: Interview with Ledell Randall, resident of Eastland, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Randall discusses growing up on a farm in Hawkins, Texas, family, the Texas State Fair, factory work in Dallas, segregation, coming to Eastland, her children, integration, opening up a barbeque with her husband (King's Barbeque), and local organizations.
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Date: October 7, 2006
Creator: Rose, DaAnn & Randle, Ledell
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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The Sky is My Tipi

Description: Collection stories about the Kiowa and Apache Indians, coyotes and other animals, cooking, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 237.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields

Description: This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press

Oral History Interview with Harriett Shelton Collins, September 16, 2006

Description: Interview with longtime resident of Cisco, Texas, Harriett Shelton Collins as part of the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. The interview includes Collins' personal experiences about education in Cisco's all-black, one-room Smithville Elementary School, her pregnancy and marriage to Bill Collins, working at the Boss Glove Factory, earning her GED, entering beauty school, and earning a degree as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. Additionally, Collins speaks about social lif… more
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Date: September 16, 2006
Creator: Rose, Harriett DeAnn & Collins, Harriett Shelton
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields

Description: This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.
Date: 1965
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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The Sky is My Tipi

Description: Collection stories about the Kiowa and Apache Indians, coyotes and other animals, cooking, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 237.
Date: 1949
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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