Euline Williams Brock (June 2, 1932 - July 1, 2018) was a mayor, educator, and author in

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. She and her husband Horace Brock had a long affiliation with the

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. The downtown transit center in Denton, Texas is named for her. She helped establish a scholarship fund for African Americans and light rail service from Denton to Dallas.

Early life

She was born Francis Eline Williams in

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and grew up in

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. She studied at

Tyler Junior College Tyler Junior College (TJC) is a public community college in Tyler, Texas. It is one of the largest community colleges in Texas, with an enrollment of more than 12,500 credit students each year with an additional 20,000 continuing education enroll ...

before transferring to the

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in Austin and graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1952 and a master's degree in English literature in 1954. She joined the English department of what became the

Career

After going back to school in the late 1960s for a Ph.D. studying the role of African-American politicians in the

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during the post-Civil War

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, Brock taught history at

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and

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. She wrote an article on Jewish and Black

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Mississippi Secretary of Education

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describing him as a scoundrel. She served three terms on the city council and was mayor of Denton from 2000 until 2006.

Personal life

She married business professor Horace Brock and had three children. She donated to the

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References

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