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[Wesley Phelps interview with Tammye Nash, October 28, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 28th, 2022 in Denton, TX. Phelps interviews Tammye Nash on her experiences as a journalist working for The Dallas Voice. Nash speaks on her involvement with the court case of Mica England, a lesbian woman denied a position with the Dallas Police Department due to her sexuality. Nash speaks in depth on the state of Oak Lawn and Dallas gay and lesbian bars during the 1980s and 1990s. Nash and Phelps close by dis… more
Date: October 28, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Linda Morales, September 30, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on September 30th, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Phelps interviews Linda Morales on her life as a dedicated activist and plaintiff in Morales v. Texas. She speaks on her experiences with racism and discrimination in the LGBT community in Houston, and her creation of the Latina lesbian AMIGA organization. Morales also speaks on discrimination faced by the LGBT community due to penal code 21.06, a discriminatory sodomy law which… more
Date: September 30, 2022
Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Dick Peeples, September 8, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on September 8th, 2022 in Denton, TX. Phelps interviews Dick Peeples on his involvement with gay activism in Dallas in the 1970s and 1980s. Peeples speaks his involvement with the Dallas Gay Political Caucus alongside Steve Wilkins, Louise Young, and Don Baker. He then covers the trial of Baker v. Wade, explaining his efforts to challenge penal code 21.06, a discriminatory code which criminalized homosexual acts, alongsi… more
Date: September 8, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Wesley Phelps interview with Karen Wisley, August 12, 2022]

Description: Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on August 12th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. Phelps interviews Associate Professor Karen Wisley, a historian researching the LGBT rights movement in Denton, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Wisley covers major figures in Texas LGBT history such as Henry McCluskey, Alvin Leon Buchanan, Mica England, and Richard Longstaff, discussing the rolls they played in arguing against Texas sodomy laws. The court cases of Buchanan v. Bachelor, Bake… more
Date: August 12, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
Creator: Phelps, Wes
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Barry M. Lewis, April 13, 2021

Description: Interview with Barry M. Lewis, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois. Lewis discusses his background in law, education, the COVID-19 Pandemic, his involvement with postpartum cases, postpartum psychoses, the DSM, and literature and treatment related to postpartum mental illnesses.
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Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Lewis, Barry M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Who Can Serve as Acting Attorney General

Description: This report discusses the two primary arguments raised to challenge the President's decision to name Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General: first, that the Vacancies Act does not apply because another statute, 28 U.S.C. § 508, provides that the Deputy Attorney General (DAG) serves as Acting AG in the event of a vacancy; and second, that the Appointments Clause prohibits Whitaker, a non-Senate-confirmed official, from serving as the head of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Date: November 15, 2018
Creator: Brannon, Valerie C. & Cole, Jared P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Attorney General's Memorandum on Federal Marijuana Enforcement: Possible Impacts

Description: This report discusses Attorney General Jeff Sessions' memorandum on federal marijuana enforcement policy sent to all U.S. Attorneys that immediately rescinds guidance documents specific to marijuana enforcement. It provides background on the memorandum, the relevant regulations, and implications of withdrawing previous guidance.
Date: January 10, 2018
Creator: Garvey, Todd & Yeh, Brian T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Roundtable Writers Breakfast - Race in America 2, Law and Conflict, Camera 1]

Description: Video of the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on April 8, 2017. Curtis King, Hector Garza, Chika Anyiam, and Maryellen Hicks lead a discourse on racism in America with other meeting attendees. This is raw unedited footage captured by camera 1 (of 2) at the event.
Date: April 8, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 41 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Roundtable Writers Breakfast - Race in America 2, Law and Conflict, Camera 2]

Description: Video of the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on April 8, 2017. Curtis King, Hector Garza, Chika Anyiam, and Maryellen Hicks lead a discourse on racism in America with other meeting attendees. This is raw unedited footage captured by camera 2 (of 2) at the event.
Date: April 8, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 58 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Brief History of Attorney General Recusal

Description: This report lists the fifteen previous instances of U.S. Attorney General's recusing themselves from an investigation since 1989 after the announcement by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he was recusing himself from and any investigations regarding President Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Chris Luna, Outrageous Oral]

Description: Video of Chris Luna, a member of Caven Enterprises and organizer of the Dallas Pride Parade, speaking at Outrageous Oral. During his session he speaks about his experiences running for council-member of District 14 in Dallas, Texas, participating in the Dallas Pride Parade, and marches on Washington. He focuses on two major moments in the council's history including the 'England vs. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas' lawsuit and the update to discrimination law that laid gr… more
Date: September 17, 2015
Duration: 22 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: The Dallas Way
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Attorney General Nominations Since the Reagan Administration

Description: On November 9, 2014, President Obama announced his intention to nominate U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch to replace Eric H. Holder Jr. as Attorney General (AG). Presidents have nominated a total of 11 individuals, including Lynch, for the position of AG since the beginning of the Reagan Administration in 1981. This report provides a table with information regarding these 11 nominations.
Date: December 4, 2014
Creator: Carey, Maeve P. & Greene, Michael
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of Hortense Sparks Ward on projector screen]

Description: Photograph of Hortense Sparks Ward on a projector screen at the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame induction ceremony on October 28, 2010. A black and white portrait of Ward can be seen on the left side of the screen. She is looking at the camera and smiling. Her name has been placed onto the right side of the screen in a large font. The center bottom portion of the screen reads, "National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame."
Date: October 28, 2010
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Congresswoman]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about scandals surrounding congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's.
Date: October 20, 2010
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Johnson Scandal]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the scandal surrounding congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.
Date: October 20, 2010
Duration: 27 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Scholarship Scandal]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a scandal surrounding congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.
Date: October 20, 2010
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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From Solicitor General to Supreme Court Nominee: Responsibilities, History, and the Nomination of Elena Kagan

Description: This report examines both the office of the Solicitor General and the Justices who held that position before their elevation to the Court. After examining the office of the Solicitor General and its success before the Court, the report describes the professional careers of the four Justices who served as Solicitor General before joining the Court: William Howard Taft, Stanley Reed, Robert Jackson, and Thurgood Marshall. The final section of the report examines the career of Elena Kagan, noting … more
Date: June 23, 2010
Creator: Smelcer, Susan Navarro & Thomas, Kenneth R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Divorce]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about same-sex couple, seeking to file a divorce in Texas.
Date: April 21, 2010
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Same-Sex Marriage]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about gay marriages in Texas.
Date: April 21, 2010
Duration: 53 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Craig Watkins' "Roundtable Writers Breakfast" tape 1 of 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Roundtable Writer's Breakfast with Dallas's first African-American district attorney Craig Watkins on February 6th, 2010. The footage shows the breakfast dialogue focusing on the question of how America is a nation of cowards when it comes to race inspired by a comment made by U.S Attorney General Eric Holder.
Date: February 6, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 33 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis & Watkins, Craig
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Craig Watkins' "Roundtable Writers Breakfast" tape 2 of 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Roundtable Writer's Breakfast with Dallas's first African-American district attorney Craig Watkins on February 6th, 2010. The footage shows the breakfast dialogue focusing on the question of how America is a nation of cowards when it comes to race inspired by a comment made by U.S Attorney General Eric Holder.
Date: February 6, 2010
Duration: 6 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis & Watkins, Craig
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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