Ingram, Mary

Interview 191a : In this interview with Patsy Colbert, long-time Diboll teacher and counselor Mary Ingram reminisces about her years in education, particularly during the late 1960's during racial integration and desegregation in Diboll. Mrs. Ingram talks about teaching mixed race classes for the first time, teaching at H.G. Temple School as a white teacher before full integration, and the interactions between both races of students and teachers. Mrs. Ingram does not remember many difficulties between the races during the integration process.