- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Daler Wade, July 25, 2016
- Creator:
- Howard, Jasmine
Wade, Daler - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-25
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Wade, Daler
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Denton County, Denton, 33.21484, -97.13307
United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327
United States, Texas, Harris County, Spring, 30.07994, -95.41716
United States, Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, 32.72541, -97.32085 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mrs. Wade attended an all-Black school in Houston and during freedom of choice the Black students collectively decided not to integrate because white school officials had sought to only allow the top Black students to integrate. Wade benefited from the land ownership of her family. By owning land, Wade's mother was able to take care of her two children following the early death of her husband. Wade attributed her father's early death to an injury that occurred during his military service. Wade also attributed her brother contracting polio and her mother's subsequent difficulty obtaining care for her brother to discrimination. Wade's mother initially worked in menial jobs despite having a degree because she could not be hired as an secretary. Wade's mother ultimately started in the 1960s and sustained her own in-home business for decades. Wade described her schooling experiences at Texas Woman's University and Texas Christian University. Wade received some negative feedback from her teacher's for deciding to not attend a historically Black college or university. Wade decided to attend a predominantly white university because she was curious about the level of education white people were receiving. Wade began a career in corporate America shortly after graduating from TCU and ultimately became very successful and had the opportunity to travel the world. Wade now does community outreach work with her organization "Jack and Jill of America."
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983017/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 14 video recordings (3 hr., 0 min., 8 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-daler-wade
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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