Reminiscences of Christia V. Adair : oral history, 1977.

Biographical Note

Civil rights activist; interviewee married Elbert H. Adair

Scope and Contents

Family background; childhood in Edna, Texas; student at Sam Houston and Prairie View Colleges, 1910-1915; teacher at Edna, 1915-1918; marriage; work with Kingsville Sunday School, 1918-1925; administrator of Houston branch of NAACP, 1950-1959; race relations in Houston; impressions of Mayor Roy Hofheinz; Harrison County Democrats; membership in national and community organizations

Subjects

• Adair, Christia, 1893-1989.
• African Americans--Education.
• Civil rights workers--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Robinson, Dorothy R., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• United States--Race relations.

Access Conditions

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