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1. Holly Hogrobrooks and Otis King interview (11:35)

Holly Hogrobrooks and Otis King interview
Date:
1988-10-27
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Holly Hogrobrooks and Otis King about the sit-in protest at Weingarten's supermarket. Hogrobrooks begins by discussing the history of sit-in protests in Houston, beginning with Texas...

2. George A. Martin interview (19:56)

George A. Martin interview
Date:
1987-11-22
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
George Martin discusses the decision to live north of the Bayou because of its convenience. He said many people chose to move south of the bayou when the neighborhood became more racially mixed, bu...

3. Audrey and William Lawson interview (13:59)

Audrey and William Lawson interview
Date:
1987-05-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Rev. Lawson and his wife, Mrs. Lawson, in which they discuss what brought them to Riverside. Rev. and Mrs. Lawson discuss the threat of institutions like the University of Houston an...

4. David Westheimer interview (02:26)

David Westheimer interview
Date:
1986-10-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
David Westheimer talks about skating on North MacGregor as a teenager. He shares memories of the bayou.

5. Jane S. Self interview (06:08)

Jane S. Self interview
Date:
1986-07-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jane Self discusses her childhood and the bullying her son experienced in Riverside which precipitated their move out of the neighborhood.

6. Milton Littell interview (05:37)

Milton Littell interview
Date:
1986-07-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Dr. Milton Littell discusses how he came up with the phrase "This is Our Home, It is Not for Sale." He says he never felt threatened and describes the people who moved into Riverside as well-cultur...

7. Ann Sakowitz interview (06:35)

Ann Sakowitz interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Ann Sakowitz discusses the Sakowitz home in Riverside.

8. Anthony and Carolyn Hall interview (13:47)

Anthony and Carolyn Hall interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Councilman Anthony Hall and Carolyn Hall about their early impressions of Riverside, and their eventual move to the neighborhood. Councilman Hall discusses his reaction to the county...

9. Hyman Schachtel interview (18:01)

Hyman Schachtel interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Rabbi Hyman Schachtel talks about integration, and says that for white residents to object to integration was for them to violate the highest teachings of any religion. He talks about the efforts h...

10. James L. Tucker interview (13:48)

James L. Tucker interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Father Jim Tucker, discussing the racial makeup of his congregation at St. James' Episcopal Church., and the problem of being neither a wholly Black nor white congregation in the com...