Oral History Interview with Gene Collins, July 8, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Gene Collins, July 8, 2016

Gene Collins was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. He attended Abilene Christian University, where he was a campus and community civil rights organizer. He completed his college education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Collins is now a local businessman and minister in Odessa, Texas. He has been president of the Odessa NAACP for over 15 years, and co-chair for environmental justice for the statewide NAACP. He helped lead several efforts toward environmental justice in and outside Odessa.
Date: July 8, 2016
Creator: Collins, Gene & Wisely, Karen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frizella Whitiker, July 7, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Frizella Whitiker, July 7, 2016

Frizella C. Whitiker was born in Greenwood, Lousiana and grew up in Austin, Texas. Whitiker graduated from Anderson High School and Samuel Huston University (1950), now Huston-Tillotson University, in Austin. Upon graduation, Whitiker moved to Odessa to teach in the Ector County Independent School District, specifically Blackshear High School. She retired from teaching in 1986. In Odessa, Whitiker has been a sponsor and board member of Head Start as well as a board member of the Black Cultural Council of Odessa. She has also been a leader of Mackey Chapel of the United Methodist Church.
Date: July 7, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Whitaker, Frizella
System: The Portal to Texas History