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Oral History Interview with Ruth (Rob) Shivers, April 29, 2016

Description: Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.
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Date: April 29, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Shivers, Ruth (Rob)
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: 6 PM sports]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the PGA championship in Oakland Hills, the Dallas Cowboys at training camp, updates of the Davis Cup Zone semi-finals, Boxer Nick Wells makes another bid for the US Olympic boxing team, the Rangers poor season, and two worlds swimming records set at Olympic trials in Chicago.
Date: August 4, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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