Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also talks about the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, constitutional revision, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also talks about the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, constitutional revision, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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[2] 71 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Interview conducted in 1975 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project and the African American History Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.
Table of Contents: September 10, 1975 interview (p. 1-40) -- December 1, 1975 interview (p. 41-71)
Summary: Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also talks about the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, constitutional revision, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-.Oral History Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fall 1975,
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{1975-09-10,1975-12-01};
Denton, Texas.
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1955194/:
accessed June 11, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Oral History Program.