Deciding on Debate:

ID: 2844 ~ Source: Jackson, Mae. Interviewed by Dawn K. Darwin. February 20, 1993, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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Joining the debate team impacted Jackson’s life in numerous ways. Here, she reflects on the significance of traveling with the debate team for four years and especially emphasizes the mentorship she experienced under the debate team’s faculty leader, Dr. Thomas Freeman.

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By Allie Roberts
Born the daughter of educators in segregated Mexia, Texas, in 1941, Mae Allison Johnson developed an early understanding of the significance of education and equality. Her parents, Allison Johnson and Eula King, met while working at a small country…