[Oral History Interview with Peter Johnson]

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Part two of an interview with Peter Johnson, who was an activist in Dallas. Johnson discusses his work, including the Operation Breadbasket food drives and hunger manifesto, protests, and the AAMAN program, which ran citizen-led investigations of drug dealers and buyers.

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Creator: Unknown. September 21, 2011.

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Part two of an interview with Peter Johnson, who was an activist in Dallas. Johnson discusses his work, including the Operation Breadbasket food drives and hunger manifesto, protests, and the AAMAN program, which ran citizen-led investigations of drug dealers and buyers.

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25 p.

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  • Preferred Citation: Documenting the History of the Civil Rights Movement in Dallas County, Texas Oral History Collection (AR0806), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Documenting The History of the Civil Rights Movement In Dallas County, Texas Oral History Collection

Transcripts of oral histories with civil rights figures from Dallas, Texas. Each interview focuses on the interviewee's family and educational history, organizational involvement, and career or personal milestones.

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[Oral History Interview with Peter Johnson], text, September 21, 2011; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1816120/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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