Oral History Interview with Leroy Sterling, July 6, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Leroy Sterling, July 6, 2015

Interview with Leroy Sterling, an Army veteran and educator from Bryan, Texas. In his interview, Sterling discusses his family background, living under Jim Crow segregation, segregated neighborhoods and housing, agricultural work, military service and his experience being one of the first African-American students to attend Texas A&M University.
Date: July 6, 2015
Creator: Sterling, Leroy & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesse Marvin Walker, July 8, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jesse Marvin Walker, July 8, 2015

Interview with Jesse Marvin Walker, a bail bondsman from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Walker discusses his early life, attending segregated schools, the civil rights movement, college activism, and working at NASA.
Date: July 8, 2015
Creator: Walker, Jesse Marvin; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alphonso Saenz, July 22, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Alphonso Saenz, July 22, 2015

Interview with Al Saenz, a city councilman from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Saenz discusses his family background, civil rights organizations and the Mexican-American community in Bryan. Saenz also discusses time living in Houston during his childhood.
Date: July 22, 2015
Creator: Saenz, Alphonso & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Barbara Cooper, July 17, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Barbara Cooper, July 17, 2015

Interview with Barbara Cooper, retired business owner from Bryan, Texas. Cooper discusses her family history, childhood, education, work and family life, and experiences with Jim Crow segregation in Bryan
Date: July 17, 2015
Creator: Cooper, Barbara & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ann Boney, July 20, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ann Boney, July 20, 2015

Interview with Ann Boney, retired staff of Texas A&M University and president of the Brazos County NAACP from Bryan, Texas. Boney describes her early life and education, her employment around the state, including working at the Benz School of Floral Design at Texas A&M. Ms. Boney also discusses her experiences as president of her local chapter of the NAACP and current community issues addressed by the organization.
Date: July 20, 2015
Creator: Boney, Ann; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Person, July 17, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Person, July 17, 2015

Interview with Robert Person, an educator from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Person discusses higher education at Texas Southern University, activism at TSU, including the 1967 riot, segregation in Bryan, community activism, school integration, and race relations.
Date: July 17, 2015
Creator: Person, Robert & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Velma Spivey, July 15, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Velma Spivey, July 15, 2015

Interview with Velma Spivey, a social worker from Bryan, Texas. In her interview, Spivey discusses her early life, living under segregation, her education, and career.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Spivey, Velma & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Effie Perry, July 12, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Effie Perry, July 12, 2015

Interview with Effie Perry, an educator from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Perry discusses her family history, experiences with racial discrimination and segregation, education, access to healthcare, civil rights activism, integration, her teaching career, union activity, and community service.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Perry, Effie & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne Sadberry, July 8, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Wayne Sadberry, July 8, 2015

Interview with Wayne Sadberry, a curator at the Brazos Valley African-American Museum from Prairie View, Texas. Sadberry discusses his early life, family background, and living under Jim Crow segregation. Sadberry also discusses his education at St. Emma Military Academy in Powhatan, Virginia and service in the Air Force. He also discusses working as a research assistant on a grant project to Antarctica while a graduate student at Texas A&M.
Date: July 8, 2015
Creator: Sadberry, Wayne & Moye, Todd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mildred Davis, July 6, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Mildred Davis, July 6, 2015

Interview with Mildred Davis, teacher from Bryan, Texas. Davis discusses her childhood, education, career, and community involvement. She also discusses the Brazos Valley African American Museum.
Date: July 6, 2015
Creator: Davis, Mildred & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bessie and Lawrence Hicks, July 14, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Bessie and Lawrence Hicks, July 14, 2015

Interview with Lawrence and Bessie Hicks of Bryan, Texas. In their interview, the Hicks describe their experiences with racial discrimination and civil rights activism.
Date: July 14, 2015
Creator: Hicks, Lawrence; Lawrence, Bessie & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History