Gwendolyn McMillan Lawe Oral History

Object number2016.001.0077

Date06/06/2016

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Gwendolyn McMillan Lawe

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 60 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Gwendolyn McMillan Lawe. A native of Emory, Texas, Lawe was among the first African Americans to graduate from her community's desegregated school system. In 1971, she became a teacher at Hillcrest High School in Dallas during its first year of full integration. In addition to forty years in education, she has been active in historic preservation, co-founding and directing the A.C. McMillan African American Museum in Emory, Texas. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 6, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Ms. Lawe is the author of two books, including From Wolf to Wolfwood (2011), a genealogical and historical study of the African American communities of Emory, Texas. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator