Oral history interview with Ruby Watson and Streetman Watson, 1990 March 14 and 16.

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Oral history interview with Ruby Watson and Streetman Watson, 1990 March 14 and 16.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229908714

Interview with Ruby and Streetman Watson concerning their experiences as residents of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1956 to 1990. The Watsons discuss their early years in East Texas, African-American housing in Dallas, their decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, transportation problems, social life, school activities, Hamilton Park Civic League, church activities, the desegregation of the Hamilton Park School, Christian Action Layman's League, Pacesetter, zoning problems, flooding problems, crime, and the "Buy Out."

73 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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SNAC Resource ID: 7090198

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Texas Community History Oral History Project.

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Watson, Ruby, 1928-

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Watson, Streetman, 1926-

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Wilson, William H. (William Henry), 1935-

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