Juneteenth

The San Antonio Black History Collection was brought together by Lewis Fisher while conducting research on San Antonio history. The collection is made up of printed materials that reflect African-American life in San Antonio in the 20th century. San Antonio funeral homes, schools, and churches are the major subjects in this material. The collection has been arranged into the following categories: businesses, churches, clubs and organizations, education, history, military, newspapers and magazines, and photographs. A key holding is Snap, a weekly local publication that covered San Antonio politics, social events, and current events from an African-American perspective.

The NAACP San Antonio Branch was established in 1918 by J.A. Grumbles with 503 founding members. The organization works to ensure equal rights for all persons and to eliminate racial discrimination. Records contain historical summaries of the organization, constitutions and bylaws of the branch, meeting minutes, committee and financial reports, branch newsletters, and subject files corresponding to committee work.

The African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio was founded in August 2017 by four quilters. The organization creates and exhibits quilts that illustrate San Antonio’s African American history and community. The collection contains a small scrapbook and materials relating to quilt exhibitions.

The Washington family were members of a freedmen's colony in Cologne, Texas founded by George Washington and Joseph Smith. The collection is comprised of print materials related to property ownership and taxes. There are photographs of the family and their house, one piece of correspondence, and one fabric remnant.

Collection includes the records pertaining to the Student Intern Research Project that began at the Institute of Texan Cultures in 1983. The records include memoranda, personal and administrative correspondence, interview recordings and transcripts, research files, research reports and photographic materials pertaining to independent student research. There are a couple files on students that did their research specifically on Juneteenth.

Historian and author Patricia Prather discusses the gains and losses that resulted from desegregation in Houston and, in particular, the Fifth Ward where she was born.

Educator Lorraine O'Banion discusses her experiences during the mid-20th century, including a comparison between neighboring towns of predominantly African-American Prairie View with mainly white Hempstead, education, and changes as a result of civil rights.

Black Dallas educator Sadye Gee recalls the good and the bad of the city's gradual desegregation and the importance of the Hamilton Park neighborhood to Dallas' Black leadership.

A fairly long interview speaking about his time as a sharecropper in Texas, farming and growing up in his community. He contributed to the history and material culture of the ITC's Sharecropper Cabin exhibit.

A first interview, shorter, of Mr. Ballard speaking about his time as a sharecropper in Texas, farming and growing up in his community. He contributed to the history and material culture of the ITC's Sharecropper Cabin exhibit.

Interview with Dr. Lamothe to speak about his experience with the civil rights movement in Marshall, TX.

An interview with A.L. and Marian Holbert from Palestine, Texas to speak about their experience with the civil rights movement in East Texas.

An interview with Irene Batts Cambell from Caddo Lake, Texas, discussing her memories of life along Caddo Lake, and about growing up here in Marshall.

An interview with photographer Benny Joseph in Houston, discussing the civil rights movement in Houston and its aftermath.