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Title: Almetris Duren Documentary (Desegregation at UT) by Diana Claitor and Athena Sax
Identifier: dv_00365
Creator: Duren, Almetris Marsh, Claitor, Diana
Topic: School integration, Universities and colleges, African Americans
Dates: 1983
Box: 3Y205
Resource: Almetris Marsh Duren videotape collection
Description: Documentary regarding Almetris Duren and the donation of her papers to the Barker Texas History Center, now the Briscoe Center for American History, credited to Diana Claitor and Athena Sax. The documentary includes an interview with Duren who describes her experience as an activist in the 1950s and 1960s working towards integrating the University of Texas. Ed Guinn, the first Black member of the Longhorn band, is also interviewed.

Title: Almetris [Duren]; opening at Barker Center
Identifier: dv_00366
Creator: Duren, Almetris Marsh, Claitor, Diana
Topic: School integration, Universities and colleges, African Americans
Dates: 1983
Box: 3Y205
Resource: Almetris Marsh Duren videotape collection
Description: Footage of Almetris Duren and the donation of her papers to the Barker Texas History Center, now the Briscoe Center for American History. In the videotape, Duren reflects on historical events and personal experiences, discussing racial integration efforts at the University of Texas during the late 1950s and 1960s. The video also includes footage at of an event at the Barker Center for a 1983 UT Centennial exhibit, "An End and a Beginning: Blacks at the University of Texas."

Title: Arleen Lawson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000667
Creator: Marshall, Zoe, Bear, Serena
Contributor: Lawson, Arleen
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), African Americans--Education, Feminism, College teachers, Segregation, Underground newspapers
Dates: 1965-08-18
1969-05-16
2019-03-18
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Arleen Lawson conducted by Zoë Marshall and Serena Bear on March 18, 2019.

Title: Glo Dean Baker Gardner oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000665
Creator: Greenman-Spear, Sara, Petty, Wilson
Contributor: Gardner, Glo Dean Baker
Topic: African Americans--Education, Segregation, Black power, Civil rights, College teachers, Community activists
Dates: 1968-08
1981-12-31
2019-03-22
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Glo Dean Baker Gardner conducted by Sara Greenman-Spear and Wilson Petty on March 22, 2019 in her home in Coppell, Texas. While attending the University of Texas from 1968-1973, she co-founded the Afro-American Players, a theatre group which she continues to be a director of. The theatre company has performed not only at UT but throughout Texas and the United States. The group was founded to promote African American culture and better the community through education and cross-cultural understanding. In the interview, Mrs. Baker Gardner also discusses her experience in general as a Black woman at UT during the civil rights era, including her experiences in activism, integration on campus, and the creation of the Black Studies department.