Oral history interview with Willie B. Johnson, 1990 February 9 and 22.

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Johnson, Willie B., 1913-. Oral history interview with Willie B. Johnson, 1990 February 9 and 22.

Oral history interview with Willie B. Johnson, 1990 February 9 and 22.

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Interview with Willie B. Johnson, a community leader, concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1956 to 1990. Johnson discusses her early life in East Texas, moving to Dallas, job opportunities for African Americans, employment at Parkland Hospital in Dallas (1954-1969), her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, Hamilton Park School activities, Hamilton Park Civic League, Biracial Committee, her children, street and traffic problems, zoning problems, Olin Scurlock, transportation problems, desegregation and the closing of Hamilton Park High School, the Christian Action Layman's League, recreational needs, flooding problems, the Willie B. Johnson Recreation Center, and "The Buy Out."

141, [2] leaves ; 29 cm.

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