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[Oral History Interview with Edward B. Cloutman]

Description: Interview with Edward B. Cloutman, who was an attorney in Dallas. Cloutman discusses growing up and going to school in Louisiana, working on several cases for desegregation in Dallas, Texas, and how that work has and hasn't changed education in the city.
Date: September 30, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oral History Interview with Mark Herbner]

Description: Interview with Bishop Mark Herbner, who was a preacher in Richardson and later Dallas at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church. Herbner discusses growing up in Chicago, attending seminary, leading his congregation in Dallas, other pastors at the time, and his activism.
Date: September 29, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan and Ernest McMillan

Description: Interview with Eva McMillan and her son, Ernest McMillan, civil rights activists in Dallas. Mrs. McMillan discusses her upbringing, home life, her affiliation with the Dallas Progressive Voters League and SNCC and her activism in Dallas. Mr. McMillan discusses his upbringing, activism, prison sentence, and affiliations with SNCC and other civil rights organizations.
Date: September 2, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Judge L. A. Bedford, Jr., March 28, 1977

Description: Interview with Judge L. A. Bedford, Jr. an associate judge and attorney from Dallas, Texas. Bedford discusses his experiences working on desegregation cases with the NAACP from 1955 to 1961, including: his education; his entry into civil law; his initial involvement with the NAACP; other notable attorneys; his thoughts on Thurgood Marshall; Bell v. Rippy; Borders v. Rippey; problems with the district courts and work with the 5th Circuit Court; threats against black attorneys and retaliation; "N… more
Date: March 28, 1977
Creator: Bodnar, John & Bedford, L. A., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Rena Pederson, April 5, 2012

Description: Interview with Rena Pederson, a former journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, her career with The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers, the books she has written, and her work in communications and public affairs.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: Harding, Anne; Dann, Lori & Pederson, Rena
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism

Oral History Interview with Yuri Fukui, October 19, 1980

Description: Interview with Yuri Fukui, a second generation Japanese-American from Oakland, California, about her experience pursuing higher education during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment. Fukui discusses the discrimination she experienced in her daily life, struggles faced by her parents, who owned a local business, and life in the internment camps.
Date: October 19, 1980
Creator: Mayfield, Cecile Benson & Fukui, Yuri
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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