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20140312-13
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A transcript of a WPA Interview with M. J. Bonner conducted by Chas R. Fuller in the 1930s. M. J. Bonner was born in at Narvow Franklin in Alabama on March 1st, 1847. Bonner moved to the North end of Dallas and in 1864 joined the 12th Texas Cavalry and served until the end of the war. Bonner's transcript describes his to Tarrant County in 1877 and how he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and was one of the many that joined from Dallas county to Austin when Richard Coke had been elected. There is a second page to the transcript regarding a situation during reconstruction at the Duck Creek School involving the Ku Klux Klan.
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1938-07-07
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-9
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