Oral history interview with Loita Alexander Gibson, 2006 March 23.

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Oral history interview with Loita Alexander Gibson, 2006 March 23.

Interview with Loita Alexander Gibson, an African-American alumna of North Texas State College, concerning her remembrances about childhood and early education in South Dallas, Texas; decision to enter North Texas State in 1957; off-campus life in "Shack Town" among other black students; difficulties adjusting to college and decision to drop out of North Texas in 1960; perceptions of President J.C. Matthews's ability to manage racial conflict on campus; perceptions of changes at North Texas over forty years.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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University of North Texas History Oral History Project.

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