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Hattie Mae White discusses moving from the Third Ward to Riverside. She talks about having to move out of her Southmore home due to the construction of Texas State Highway 288. She talks about the ...
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...
Interview with Dr. J. B. Jones discussing the Weingarten's supermarket sit-in protest, and the decision to have the sit-in protest at Weingarten's due to its proximity to Texas Southern University.
Interview with Dr. J. B. Jones describing how "whites were tipping out" and "blacks were tipping in" when he moved to Riverside in 1959. He discusses the move from north to south of the bayou for p...
J. C. Nickens discusses why he chose to buy a home in Riverside and what the real estate market was like in Houston in the late 1970s. He discusses the decisions to place the Harris County Psychiat...
Interview with Jack Heard, Sr. about his role in the Jack Caesar bombing case. He describes how he and other detectives traced the evidence to identify Carl "Red" Davis and George Howell as the bom...
Jack Shannon talks about what made Riverside special and why he chose Riverside as a place of residence. He describes an exodus once Black residents began moving into Riverside.
Jack Weingarten recalls moving from north to south of the bayou as a child. He describes playing around the bayou and seeing baptisms take place there. He recalls playing in the Kuhlmann Cemetery b...
James Donatto describes the history of his home, built on property originally purchased by Stephen F. Austin, and inhabited by several notable people. He discusses the construction of the Harris Co...
Interview with Texas Southern University School of Law Dean, James Douglas, who describes his decision to live in Riverside. Douglas believes more university faculty and staff should live in the ne...
McConn, former mayor of Houston, credits the peacefulness of Riverside's integration to the Black community and its leadership. McConn predicts that with some repair, Riverside could become one of ...
Joe Russell describes how his family came to live in the Riverside area. He talks about how integration affected the neighborhood, and how long it took it took the different sides of the bayou to b...
Interview with John and Drucie Chase about their decision to move to Riverside Terrace in the 1950s. They discuss the purchase of the lot, and design of their home, and the reaction of white neighb...
Jack McGinty, who used to live where Texas State Highway 288 is now, talks about changes in the neighborhood. McGinty discusses childhood sports rivalries, and playing along the bayou. He discusses...
Jon Lindsay lived in Riverside from 1964 to 1970. His family left Riverside because his family wanted to move to the countryside and bought a house in Tomball. He talks about placing the Harris Cou...
Joseph Samuels tours sites along Almeda Road that were significant to the Jewish community. He points out the former site of Kaplan's Delicatessen, and Dushkin's Cleaners.
Joseph Samuels talks about Washington Terrace in relation to Riverside Terrace, and how the neighborhoods served the Jewish community. He talks about reactions among the Jewish community to the Jac...
Interview with Katherine Howe about growing up in Riverside neighborhood, and her family's eventual move away. In particular she discusses her family and her own impressions of the changes in the a...
Keith Bardin talks about the Riverside economy and the role St. James' Episcopal Church played in the community. He discusses Black society and community relations.