Interview with Kathlyn Joy Gilliam, an activist and the first African American woman to become a Dallas School Board member. Gilliam discusses going to school in Dallas during segregation, her work and life afterwards during the fight for desegregation, other figures in the Dallas Civil Rights Movement, and programs for students to further their education. Gilliam also has a school named after her in Dallas.
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Interview with Kathlyn Joy Gilliam, an activist and the first African American woman to become a Dallas School Board member. Gilliam discusses going to school in Dallas during segregation, her work and life afterwards during the fight for desegregation, other figures in the Dallas Civil Rights Movement, and programs for students to further their education. Gilliam also has a school named after her in Dallas.
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Documenting the History of the Civil Rights Movement in Dallas County, Texas Oral History Collection (AR0806), University of North Texas Special Collections
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Transcripts of oral histories with civil rights figures from Dallas, Texas. Each interview focuses on the interviewee's family and educational history, organizational involvement, and career or personal milestones.