Desegregation in Austin: Five Decades of Social Change.
This web project presents an annotated chronology of major events in the desegregation of Austin, Texas, from 1940 to 1980 as they appeared in local newspapers and other materials such as the Austin Files (AF) in the archives at the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library. The timeline is intended as a guide to key events necessary for an understanding of this extraordinary time in the city’s history.
Black in the Past, one-minute vignettes depicting the stories of African Americans and the communities they built. Vignette topics highlight the events, places and people that characterize Black Austin, using historic photographs and documents from the archival holdings at the Austin History Center.
The collections of the Austin History Center contain many useful materials that document the contributions of African Americans to our community's history. The materials listed below offer a representative look at some of the most notable, useful items in the AHC collections. This research guide offers you an overview of our collection of materials on Austin's African American community and offers you some logical starting points for your research on this topic.
An African American bibliography was updated in February 2006 and is now available for download as a PDF file. Please note that at the end of the complete bibliography is a section of topics on which we are seeking more information and materials.
- Hornet
- Kealing Jr. High School yearbook [1969]
- Ramshead
- Huston-Tillotson College yearbook [1963-1964, 1966-68]
- Yellow Jacket
- Anderson High School yearbook [1954, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971]
- AF-Biography Subject Files
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- Clippings and ephemera about Austin and Travis County residents.
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- A Historical Outline of the Negro in Travis County
- by J. Mason Brewer, 1940.
- Historical Booklet of Religious, Business, Professional Men and Women
- by Maud A.B. Fuller, 1948.
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- AF Subject Files
- Information on Black cemeteries such as Bethany, Burditt Prairie, Center Union Baptist Church, etc.
- City of Austin Cemetery System Interment Report
- Biannual updates of Interment Reports of city cemeteries. Dates of interment from 1800s to present. Alphabetical by name of deceased. Cemeteries included: Oakwood, Oakwood Annex, Mt. Calvary, Memorial Park, Evergreen, Travis County International, Highland Park, and Jewish Memorial.
- Travis County Cemeteries: Travis County 19th Century Pioneers
- List, compiled in 1986, of interments for people born in 19th century and buried in selected Travis County cemeteries. Includes name index.
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- Scholastic Censuses for Travis County (1913-1970)
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- U.S. Censuses for Travis County
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- 7th Census, 1850 & 8th Census, 1860 (include slave schedules)
- 9th Census, 1870 & 10th Census, 1880
- 11th Census, 1890 (Reconstructed from various tax rolls)
- 12th through 14th Censuses, 1900 - 1920
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Woman known only as Mandy.
Cook for an Austin family c. 1865.
PICB 19543 |
- AF Subject Files
- Contain information on many Austin Black churches
- St. John Regular Missionary Baptist Association: Centennial Year, 1867-1967
- Jacob Fontaine
- Gene Burd, 1981.
- Mount Olive Baptist Church. Ninety-seven Years of Heritage, 1889-1986
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- AF Subject Files
- General information on the civil rights movement in Austin, under the "Civil Rights" subject heading. Additional information is available under the "Austin Human Relations Commission" and the Austin Chapter of the "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" subject headings.
- Jones, Carolyn. Volma: My Journey
- by Carolyn Jones, 1998.
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- AF Subject Files
- Clippings, leaflets, etc. about desegregation in Austin, under the "Segregation (General)" subject heading. Although these files are primarily concerned with the public schools in Austin, additional material on miscellaneous cases and U.T. desegregation (the Heman Sweatt case) is also available. See also the following subject headings: "Advanced Planning Committee (1970)"; "Austin Anti-Busing League"; "Austin Citizens Organization (1970)"; "Citizens Advisory Committee on School Desegregation"; and, "Concerned Citizens Committee."
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- Directory of Austin Public Schools
- 1929-47 (Lists personnel at Black schools separately)
Travis County Directories
- 1894-95, 1898-99, 1954-59, 1961-62, 1972 (Black race noted with "c")
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- Austin Independent School District Papers
- Contain scrapbooks 1881-1953; teachers' registers for the Black schools in late 19th century and early 20th century that list pupil and parent's name, address, and occupation.
- Tentative Consolidated Desegregation Plan
- Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, 1976.
- Education in Austin Before the Public Schools
- by Willie Madora Long, 1952.
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- The Herald
- Baptist Convention Newspaper, 1917-1919
- Nokoa: The Observer
- 1987-present
- Villager Newspaper
- 1973-present
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The Photographs Collection contains numerous images of local African American people, businesses, organizations, institutions, and events. They are found in the AF-Austin, AF-Biography, and AF-House/Building collections, using the relevant headings such as the names of organizations, people, and street addresses.
- Ada Simond, n.d. [audiotape]
- Israel J. Fontaine,1972 [audiotape]
- Lavada Durst, 1978 [audiotape]
- It's Your Future Video Series, 1970s [videotape]
- Dr. John Q. Taylor King, n.d. [videotape]
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1864 slave deed from The Black Papers, FP B1 |
- Black Papers
- Includes a 1864 receipt for a Negro woman and a deed for a Negro woman.
- Wheelock Papers
- Sermon on slavery (c. 1857) by Edwin Miller Wheelock, U.S. Army Department of the Gulf
- Slavery in Early Texas
- by Lester Gladstone Bugbee, 1899.
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Download the PDF version of the complete African American Bibliography.
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