Oral history interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, 2006 March 16.

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Oral history interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, 2006 March 16.

Interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, an African-American alumna of North Texas State College, concerning her remembrances about childhood and early education in Fort Worth, Texas, including experiences at I.M. Terrell High School; decision to enroll at North Texas as a sixteen-year-old high school graduate in 1957; off-campus life in "Shack Town" and support from black citizens of Denton; social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty; experiences with President J.C. Matthews; graduation with major in physical education in 1962; teaching career in Fort Worth ISD during era of desegregation and later; experiences with "Trailblazers" organization.

53, [2] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

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