This is the home of William Gillespie, Professor of at Trinity in Tehuacana. Gillespie is at center of photo with wife at his side. Other people are family members and students. Note one young man in school uniform that is modeled on Confederate...
This is a close frontal view of the home in Tehuacana given to the university by Major John Boyd in 1869. Initially it was used as a classroom for undergraduates and later by students of the law department.
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio;
Talk (Maxwell's Notes) addressing the need for the Negro to be able to participate in society without enslavement to an antagonistic power structure, noting access to home mortgages as a way to participate and the develpment of organized labor as...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Baptists -- United States -- History.;
Reverend Black was involved with the beginnings of the Baptist Ministers Union of San Antonio and Vicinity, as Secretary, as part of committees, and as President. This folder contains meeting notes, correspondence, organizational documents such as...
Baptists -- United States -- History.; Public health -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
Scrapbook created by Leslie Foster Community Echoes for tribute event for Mrs. ZerNona Stewart Black, founder of Health, Inc., at the Annual Benefit Musical for Health, Inc, April 30, 1993, at the Mount Sinai Baptist Church.
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
Scrapbook includes newsclippings; telegrams , cards, and letters of congratulations from community members and state and local politicians; ephemera from community events, such as Reverend Black's narration of a San Antonio Symphony event honoring...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
Scrapbook of newsclippings assembled by Reverend Black, predominantly about San Antonio local politics, city council candidates, political issues involving the East side and West side of the city, Reverend Black's own political campaigns, and...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
Reverend Black's political campaign and local politics from 1963 through 1965 are covered in newsclippings and letters from local and Texas political figures,including Henry B. Gonzalez.
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Baptists -- United States -- History.;
Folder: Mary Allen College, Crockett, Texas, 1944-1969. Contains documents relating to Reverend Black's association with this historically black college.
Photo of Mayfield Cottage (left foreground), Home Economics Cottage which was dedicated in May 1957. It was named in honor of Charlotte Mayfield who served for many years on the Texas State Board of High School Examiners and Supervisors with a...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Baptists -- United States -- History.; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.);
Scrapbook includes newspaper clippings about activities at Mount Zion First Baptist Church, Baptist news, African American community news, and Texas and San Antonio politics, from the San Antonio Register, the Fort Worth Defender and Baptist...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.); Baptists -- United States -- History.;
Scrapbook made to honor ZerNona Stewart Black, on the thirty-sixth anniversary of Reverend Black and ZerNona Black's service to the Mount Zion First Baptist Church , 1985
Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio.;
Editorial about an appeal to the Board of the San Antonio Junior College District for voluntary integration, and the necessity of continued protest and demonstration.
Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century;
Talk by Reverend Black that addresses the relationship between the Black church, the civil rights movement, in the nation and in San Antonio. The talk is undated.
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Segregation--Texas--San Antonio--History.; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio;
Folder: Rincon/ Douglass and Herff Schools, Wheatley High School, San Antonio, Texas, 1933-1999. Contains documents regarding class reunions; considerations for San Antonio Indeopendent School District; dedication of historical marker for...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Baptists -- United States -- History.;
Home movie includes scenes of: Train station, Missouri Pacific Texas Eagle sign (labeled with cities Austin, Palestine, Longview, Texarkana, Little Rock, Memphis, St. Louis, Chicago, Washington, New York); African American pullman porters and...