Willis Murray interviewed by Jose Araujo and Venezia Reynoso in Miami, Florida, on February 22, 2006. This interview is part of the Turner Tech Oral History Archive, a collection of Turner Tech students' oral history interviews that grows every year. Each year, Turner Tech students utilize their technical skills learned in the school to capture local history and honor the community's pioneer citizens. Students interview, record, transcribe and reproduce the memories of Miami residents, with a focus on civil rights. Willis Murray is a retired educator from Dade County public schools. In this interview, Willis Murray talks about his feelings about living in then-segregated Miami during World War II, his memories of Virginia Key Beach and the Dust Bowl, the early days of school integration in Dade County, local and national efforts to bring full civil rights back to African Americans and Murray's participation. The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King and the 1968 Liberty City riots are mentioned in the interview.