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Juanita Craft, black civic leader in Dallas, discusses the problem of racial and social discrimination and segregation in Dallas.

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Juanita J. Craft

'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''

'''Date:''' June 26, 1974

'''Location:''' Dallas, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Harry Jebsen and Patricia Hogan

'''Length:''' 1 hour


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
Discrimination at the State Fair Centennial celebration, 1936,
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
Schools,
NAACP youth group, 1950,
Discriminatory acts,
Fair parade, 1955,
Resistance, 1950s,
Whispering campaign,
Picket lines,
Parks desegregated, 1963,
Anecdote, little girl,
School Board repression,
Disillusionment,
Parks desegregated, 1963 (again),
Juanita Craft Park,
Swimming pool destroyed,
Public housing projects,
Disillusionment (again),
Confinement of blacks,
Parks,
Development,
Basketball team,
Housing projects (again),
Attitudes of black youth,
Anecdote, police harassment,
Volunteer work with blacks,
Education,
Tutoring program at parks,
Forced busing,
Public facilities
<br>

'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
Community improvement projects,
Craft's childhood,
State parks,
Segregated,
Fights,
Environmental lawsuit,
Educational trips,
Children,
Fair Park resistance (again),
No violence,
Anecdote, high school day,
Biracial Committee,
Craft,
Trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967,
Craft,
Lived in Dallas 50 years,
Griggs Park,
Only black park,
Swimming pools,
Black schools,
Inherited old white schools,
Locations,
Playgrounds,
De facto segregation,
Discrimination,
Griggs Park (again),
Other black facilities,
City Park Board policy,
Golf courses,
To Dallas,
Aged 23,
Description,
Outer city limits,
Lover's Lane,
Buildings,
Household items,
Trip to Los Angeles, California
<br>

'''Range Dates:''' c. 1925-1974

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1955-1974


==Access Information==

'''Original Recording Format:''' 

'''Recording Format Notes:''' digitized and available to listen in house

'''Transcript:''' available on dspace https://hdl.handle.net/10605/366242



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