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Harry Brochstein talks about developing Alconbury Lane during the Korean War. He reflects on how Riverside was transformed from a prairie into a subdivision. He talks about how integration had a ne...
Harry Taylor talks about the bayou as a natural boundary between white and Black residents in Riverside. Taylor talks about the different realtors in Riverside, and the lack of Black realtors. He t...
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...
Report on the impact of AIDS in Houston. Update on the health crisis, what is being done, and what needs to be done to address the rapid spread of the disease. Houston has the fourth highest rate o...
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...