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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...

11. James, Michael, and John Tucker interview (23:24)

James, Michael, and John Tucker interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jim and John Tucker talk about moving to Riverside as adolescents in 1968, when their father became pastor of St. James' Episcopal Church. John Tucker talks about feeling included by his Black clas...

12. Pickup Interviews (29:28)

Pickup Interviews
Date:
1985/1986
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Katherine Howe talks about moving away from Riverside. Harry Brochstein talks about the development of Riverside. He says what upset the residents was not integration with the Black community, but ...

13. C. M. Malone, Jr., interview (14:39)

C. M. Malone, Jr., interview
Date:
1985-11-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
C. M. Malone, Jr., talks about how Riverside Terrace came to be, and compares Riverside to River Oaks. The two are described as very similar. He discusses the breaking of deed restrictions over tim...

14. Mack H. Hannah, Jr., interview (13:35)

Mack H. Hannah, Jr., interview
Date:
1985-11-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Mack Hannah about his savings and loans business, and the role it played in helping Black families finance homes in Riverside. Hannah also discusses the expansion of the area univers...

15. Robert Johnson interview (07:44)

Robert Johnson interview
Date:
1985-11-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Father Robert Johnson discusses what things at St. James' Episcopal Church were like when he began in the early 1950s. He says there was concern and anxiety about integration, but that the congrega...

16. Thomas D. White interview (08:28)

Thomas D. White interview
Date:
1985-11-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
As the Assistant District Attorney at the time of the Jack Caesar bombing, Thomas D. White shares his memories of the Caesar bombing and its trial.

17. Tom Bagby interview (06:19)

Tom Bagby interview
Date:
1985-11-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Tom Bagby talks about the origins of St. James' Episcopal Church, and what the congregation was like at the beginning. He discusses the relationship between the Jewish community and St. James' Chur...

18. Hortense Dixon interview (21:18)

Hortense Dixon interview
Date:
1985-11-13
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Dr. Hortense Dixon describes her concerns about the Harris County Psychiatric Center that is under construction in the neighborhood, and the role of city government in the decision. She gives her v...

19. Robert I. Kahn interview (15:16)

Robert I. Kahn interview
Date:
1985-11-13
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Rabbi Robert I. Kahn discusses how he came to live in Riverside. He talks about the attitudes Jewish residents in Riverside held toward integration with the Black community. Kahn talks about the pr...

20. Weldon H. Berry interview (16:39)

Weldon H. Berry interview
Date:
1985-11-13
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Weldon H. Berry about the circumstances of his move to Riverside in the 1950s. At that time his was the first Black family on his block, though that swiftly changed. He calls the int...