Opening Titles: Text reads (in order): "A Vacation Junket, June 1939. In Two Parts. Photographed by Orris D. Brown. Done in a hop, skip and jump. Nashville Tenn." -- Replica of Parthenon: Footage of the exterior of the Parthenon building in...
San Jacinto Monument ; Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956 ; Texas Centennial (1936) ; Houston, Andrew Jackson, 1854-1941
Groundbreaking: Mr. Jesse Jones and Colonel Andrew Jackson Houston at the groundbreaking ceremony of the San Jacinto Memorial. A military band performs for the group of spectators. Mr. Jones and others make speeches that are broadcast by station...
Lawson, William (Rev.)--Interviews ; African American religious leaders--Interviews ; African American Ministers--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; African American churches ; African Americans--Religion ; Civil Rights--Texas--Houston--Interviews ;...
Lake Charles (La.) ; Lafayette (La.) ; St. John's Cathedral (Lafayette, La.) ; New Iberia (La.) ; Sugarcane--Harvesting ; Mississippi River ; Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) ; St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans, La.) ; Jackson Square (New Orleans,...
Highway Scenes: View from a car windshield of a tree-lined two-lane highway with an occasional car visible. -- Lake Charles: Footage of metal bridge trusses, rural roads, and a view of the lake from the road. A hayfield and two men loading haycocks...
Briscoe House at 620 Crawford Street, Houston, Texas. Seated on the front piazza are: Parmenas Briscoe, Mary Jane Briscoe, Annie Hume, and Columbia Hume. Flower pots and vines can be seen around the pillars,
Jackson, Bennie Ruth Lewis--Interviews;
Gregory School (Houston, Tex.)--Alumni and alumnus;
Fourth Ward (Houston, Tex.);
Race relations--Texas--Houston;
Oral histories
Ms. Bennie jackson, long time resident of the Fourth Ward and alumna of the Gregory School talks about the school, race relations, and the Fourth Ward neighborhood.