Today I am writing about the relationship between Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry and groundbreaking Dallas attorney Louise Raggio. Vivian is included in the above video, as are several articles that Vivian ran about Louise over the years. The two women co-authored the book, Texas Tornado: The Autobiography of a Crusader for Women’s Rights and Family Justice. They were powerful advocates for women in Dallas.

The store in this building became a fixture in downtown Dallas for several decades, and its lunch counter was the city’s first to be integrated during the 1960s. Dallas Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry covered the event and then went on to cover the desegregation of Dallas neighborhoods. Many women’s pages covered the everyday events in the lives of African American women, such as club women and wedding announcements.

The store in this building became a fixture in downtown Dallas for several decades, and its lunch counter was the city’s first to be integrated during the 1960s. Dallas Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry covered the event and then went on to cover the desegregation of Dallas neighborhoods. Many women’s pages covered the everyday events in the lives of African American women, such as club women and wedding announcements.

President Kennedy was killed on Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas. Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry was waiting to meet the president and first lady at the Trade Mart that day. She is in the crowded room in the above video. Vivian was briefly noted in the above book – although she has a unique perspective on that day and the impact on her city. The book I am writing will include her story.

President Kennedy was killed on Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas. Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry was waiting to meet the president and first lady at the Trade Mart that day. She is in the crowded room in the above video. Vivian was briefly noted in the above book – although she has a unique perspective on that day and the impact on her city. The book I am writing will include her story.

I just ordered the oral history of Yvonne Pendleton from the Sixth Floor Museum, who was a fashion reporter at the Dallas Times Herald. She worked for women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry, who I am writing a book about. The Sixth Floor Museum oral histories have been very helpful in understanding Dallas in the 1960s.