African-American Culture

News segment covering the firing of four Dallas Police Officers in September 1978

Interview with TSU Professor Eugene Harrington about the subtle ways in which systemic racism emerges in ...

Interview with Dasey Carey about his family history and his parents’ experiences as slaves

KPRC-TV news segment showing a youth baseball game, possibly involving the King Recreation Center

Tom Landry tells the story Navy Messman Doris "Dorie" Miller's heroic actions during the Japanese attack ...

Home movie footage of a dance and barbershop quartet performance at I.M. Terrell High School in Fort Worth

Student film showcasing the professional training offered by I.M. Terrell High School in Fort Worth

Sideline footage of a football game between I.M. Terrell High School and Longview Colored High School in ...

Home movie footage from the 1950s of I.M. Terrell High School students in Fort Worth

1950s footage of gospel singer Francine Morrison performing at local churches and the Will Rogers Memoria...

Home movie scenes of elementary school class of African-American children in the 1950s

Home movie scenes of a 25th Anniversary party

Home movies scenes of a candlelight banquet at the Ross Sterling Mansion

Home movie scenes of the Sterling family at their vacation home in Morgan’s Point

KPRC-TV television documentary about the influence of Dr. Robert Hayes Sr., eleventh president of Wiley C...

Interview footage of Birdie Wade in 1999 discussing personal background and hometown of Nat, Nacogdoches ...

Home movie of a Greek step show at Stephen F. Austin State University

Home movie of a vocal performance and step show by Greek houses at Stephen F. Austin State University

Interview from 1999 in which Birdie Wade recalls social events from her childhood and reflects on race re...

Footage of notable locations, battles, and citizens that tell the story of early Texas at the time of its...

Home movie scenes of Michael Cook, Jr.’s time as a U.S. Airman stationed at Ladd Air Force Base in Fairba...

Home movie scenes of football practice at Thomas Jefferson High School in the 1960s and Cook family life

Home movie footage of the Cook family daughters dressed up for Easter and riding their bikes in San Anton...

Home movie footage of the Long Binh Post Exchange in Vietnam

KHOU news clips from March 1971, including segments about a Supreme Court decision and unrest at Prairie ...

KHOU news clips from March 1966, including segments about civil rights demonstrations and an astronaut’s ...

KHOU news clips from June 1968, including segments about gun control legislation and the Southern Baptist...

KHOU news clips from June 1969, including segments about a Muhammad Ali appellate hearing and the opening...

KHOU news clips from April 1968, including segments about the Model Cities Program and local reactions to...

KHOU news clips from April 1968, including a local memorial service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. featur...

Home movie scenes of a memorial service and march held in Austin upon the assassination of Martin Luther ...

Home movie footage of the third protest march from Selma to Montgomery during the 1960s American Civil Ri...

Home movie scenes of the Houston Astrodome shortly after it was constructed and a pecan farm and cotton f...

Home movie scenes of Junior Coffey at the Easterwood farm and wheat fields

A 1941 American race film produced in Dallas written, directed, and starring Spencer Williams

Home movie scenes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia on April 9, 1968

Itinerant film scenes of school life in Weimar, Texas, 1938

Unedited news footage from Houston’s KPRC-TV capturing a TSU student demonstration and a hearing regardin...