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[Oral History Interview with Curtistene Smith McCowan]

Description: Interview with Curtistene Smith McCowan, member and supporter of the NAACP and Urban League. McCowan discusses her upbringing, family, affiliation with the NAACP and Urban League, her involvement with the PTA in her sons' schools and how she advocated for more minority teachers and administrators and equal treatment of Black students, and her seat on the school board in Desoto.
Date: September 23, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oral History Interview with Robert L. Price]

Description: Interview with Robert L. Price, desegregationist and civil rights activist. Price discusses his early life in Chicago, role in the desegregation of schools in the Dallas Independent School District, and his affiliations with civil rights activist groups.
Date: June 21, 2021
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oral History Interview with Zan W. Holmes, Jr.]

Description: Part one of an interview with Reverend Zan W. Holmes, Jr., who was a reverend in Dallas. Holmes discusses growing up in Waco, Texas during segregation, his time at SMU, his early experiences as a pastor in Dallas, and the activism and political elections he took part in. The transcript cuts off mid-sentence.
Date: August 26, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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