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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...