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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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["African American Males Portraying African American Females in Film and Television" tape 2 of 3]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on "African American Males Portraying African American Females in Film and Television" with Warrington Hudlin, Stanley Crouch, and Smokey Fontaine held on April 2nd, 2011. The footage focuses on the topics of Christianity, morality, and what movies need to be made for the Black community.
Date: April 2, 2011
Duration: 59 minutes 01 second
Creator: King, Curtis; Hudlin, Warrington; Crouch, Stanley & Fontaine, Smokey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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