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95 Bernadette Pruitt, Wendell Baker and His Historic Fight for
Social Equality, manuscript in author’s possession, 6;
Cashion, Sam Houston State University, 119; Amilcar
Shabazz, Advancing Democracy, African Americans and the
Struggle for Access and Equity in Higher Education in Texas
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University Of North Carolina
Press, 2004); Gary Zeller, The Integration of Huntsville
Independent School District, 1954-1965, (Master’s Thesis,
Sam Houston State University: 1994), 44.
96 “Civil Rights Suit Filed Against Co. Commissioners,”
Huntsville Item, November 8, 1963
97 “Hey-You in Huntsville,” The Texas Observer, August 6, 1965.
98 Frieda Koeninger interviewed by C. A. Carroll, October 4,
2011; Shabazz, Advancing Democracy, 213-214.
99 Tracy Gupton, “Dan Rather: From the Piney Woods to
Broadway,” The Raven, 1:3 (1981).
100 Cashion, Sam Houston State University, 128-130.
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101 James Patton interview with Meredith A. Miller-Austin,
October 24, 2011.
102 Cashion, Sam Houston State University, 135-136.
103 Ibid., 142.
104 Cashion, 152; http://www.shsu.edu/about/.
105 William T. Harper, Eleven Days in Hell: 1974 Carrasco Prison
Siege at Huntsville, TX (Denton: University of North Texas
Press, 2004); “Prisons: Blood Hostages,” Time Magazine,
August 12, 1974.
106 Nelda Woodall, “Hospitality House Ready for Families of
Prisoners,” Huntsville Item, August 16, 1986.
107 Lee Ann Neill, “Rodeo Demise Loss to Clubs,” The Houstonian,
Thomason Room, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston
State University; “Corrections Board Member Urges End to 53-
year-old Rodeo,” Huntsville Item, November 19, 1984.
108 Walker County History, http://www.walkercountyhistory.org/
about.php; Tony Pilkington, “Historical Home Site of
Meeting,” Huntsville Morning News, February 20, 1984.
109 Samuel Walker Houston National Alumni Association
Pamphlet. Special Collections, Thomason Room, Newton
Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University.
110 Paul Sturrock, “Creating a Colossus.” Huntsville Item.
Special Collections, Thomason Room, Newton Gresham
Library, Sam Houston State University; Melony Closs, “First
Baptist pastor to deliver ‘Big Sam’ Invocation,” Huntsville
Item, October 15, 1994.
111 Tom Waddill, “A Win For the Wynn,” Huntsville Item, May
2003; “Historical marker to be unveiled at ‘Cabin on the
Square’,” Huntsville Item, February 27, 2008; “Historical
marker to be unveiled at ‘Cabin on the Square’,” Huntsville
Item, February 27, 2008.
112 Jenna Jackson, “TDCJ Employees Raise $300,000 for
Museum,” Huntsville Item, May 17, 1997; “HEARTS Veterans
Museum - The HEARTS Story.” http://www.heartsmuseum.com/heartsstory.php;
Kristin Edwards, “HEARTS
Museum Gets Help with $2M Grant,” Huntsville Item, June
28, 2007.
113 Leslie Howland, “Hurricane Rita: One Year Later,”
Huntsville Item, September 23, 2006; Nell Miller Smith
interviewed by Meredith Austin, September 15, 2011;
Matthew Jackson, “Elkins Lake Resident Killed When Tree
Hits Home,” Huntsville Item, September 13, 2008.
114 Martha Binig, “Hospital Getting $750,000 Scanner,”
Huntsville Item, August 1, 1983; “Ceremony Marks Hospital
Expansion,” Huntsville Item, March 30, 1983; Jennifer
LeFebvre, “Imaging Device Draws HMH to Cutting Edge,”
Huntsville Item, July 7, 1993.
115 Patricia C. Johnson, “Dan Phillips Not Only Builds
Delightful, Affordable Houses from Other People's
Discards, He’s also been Known to Finance Them for
Buyers,” Houston Chronicle, January 28, 2009; Tom Waddill,
“Three Huntsville Residents File Suit Over Negative
Resemblances in Popular Cult Film,” Huntsville Item,
October 12, 2004.
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