[Oral history interview with Michael Cline]

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An oral history with actor and playwright Michael Turner Cline who was an eyewitness to the 1979 Village Station raid in Dallas. Other topics discussed include Cline's upbringing in Highland Park, his family members, and his entertainment career in New York City and Los Angeles. Dr. Wesley Phelps provides background information on anti-gay discrimination in Dallas and Fort Worth. The interview was recorded with Zoom teleconferencing software.

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Gieringer, Morgan Davis; Cline, Michael & Phelps, Wesley January 8, 2021.

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An oral history with actor and playwright Michael Turner Cline who was an eyewitness to the 1979 Village Station raid in Dallas. Other topics discussed include Cline's upbringing in Highland Park, his family members, and his entertainment career in New York City and Los Angeles. Dr. Wesley Phelps provides background information on anti-gay discrimination in Dallas and Fort Worth. The interview was recorded with Zoom teleconferencing software.

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1 digital video (48 min., 43 sec.) : sd., col.

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  • Preferred Citation: Small Collections, UNT Special Collections

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Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

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  • January 8, 2021

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Gieringer, Morgan Davis; Cline, Michael & Phelps, Wesley. [Oral history interview with Michael Cline], video, January 8, 2021; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1750935/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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