/internal/media/dispatcher/72344/fullGwendolyn McMillan Lawe Oral History06/06/2016Duration: 60 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2016.001.00770Videotaped 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, founding the A.C. McMillan African American Museum in Rains County and writing the genealogical book, From Wolf to Wolfwood (2011).
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 6, 2016 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories654600E-100E-1046977Oral history0E-10Videotaped 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.Oral historiesCivil rights1960sDesegregationAuthorDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)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