Oral history interview with Vivian T. Starks, 1991 April 23 and May 8.

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Oral history interview with Vivian T. Starks, 1991 April 23 and May 8.

Interview with Vivian Starks, a schoolteacher, concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1954 to 1991. Starks discusses her segregated education in Bryan, Texas, Wiley College, her teaching career in segregated Dallas schools, her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, transportation problems, home improvements, church activities, Civic League, the "Buy Out," zoning problems, Interorganizational Council and political activities, employment at Hamilton Park School, the desegregation of Hamilton Park School and her transfer to Richardson Independent School District, and Pacesetter.

105 leaves ; 29 cm.

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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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Starks, Vivian T., 1907-

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

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