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Oral History Interview with Warzell Booty and James Leveston, July 7, 2016
Mr. Booty was born in Carthage, grew up in the Third Ward of Houston, and moved to Tamina when he was 16. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. He is the former president of Tamina's water supply and a current minister. In his interview, Mr. Booty described life in Tamina under segregation, how the community has changed over time, the threats Tamina has faced, and the strategies he and Mr. Leveston have used to preserve Tamina. Mr. Leveston also grew up in Tamina, Texas, a small African-American community near the present-day The Woodlands. He attended Booker T. Washington school in Conroe. Leveston joined the military after school and returned to Tamina after some time in Houston. He is currently the president of Tamina's water supply company. In his interview, Mr. Leveston described growing up in Tamina, segregation, his experience at Conroe's school, and his struggle to preserve the small community against the encroachment of surrounding cities.
Date:
July 7, 2016
Creator:
Booty, Warzell; Leveston, James; Howard, Jasmin & May, Meredith
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Wayne Woodward, June 9, 2016
Wayne Woodward discusses his early life and activism and civil rights issues and the discriminatory culture of the Texas Panhandle,
Date:
June 9, 2016
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine & Woodward, Wayne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Bonilla, June 21, 2016.
Recounted his role as LULAC national president and local leader.
Date:
June 21, 2016
Creator:
Bonilla, William; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Wall, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Lawson, June 20, 2016
William Lawson was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928. He arrived in Houston and worked at Texas Southern University where he became involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Reverend Lawson discussed the Weingarten Sit In, desegregation of public spaces in Houston, and Martin Luther King's visit to Houston. He also discuses the establishment of the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in the community and how it has become a hub for social movements. He also discusses the founding of the William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity in 1996 and how it has helped the community.
Date:
June 20, 2016
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Lawson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Sam on June 15, 2018.
Discussed the history of labor unionism in the area, the connections between labor and civil rights, and the political implications of organized labor.
Date:
June 15, 2016
Creator:
Bobadilla, Eladio & Sam, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Willie Loa, June 6, 2016
Overview of desegregation of West Oso schools, an area of Corpus Christi.
Date:
June 6, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Moye, Todd; Wall, James & Loa, Willie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Willie Serna, July 25, 2016
Guillermo "Willie" Serna was born in Seguin, Texas in 1927 where he attended “Mexican schools.” He served in the Pacific during World War II after volunteering in 1944 (he was in the service until 1947). Upon his return to Seguin, Serna was part of creating the fourth chapter of the American GI Forum in his home town in 1948 with over 100 members. He worked as a migrant farm worker, traveling to West Texas, Ohio and Indiana. In Indiana he, Serna organized a strike for higher wages that were equal to Anglo workers. Serna moved to La Mesa, Texas where he eventually gained a job in the local employment office (Texas Workforce Commission), where he helped other Mexican Americans gain government jobs. He eventually began directing the office and moved to San Angelo to also managed the local office in the 1970s. During the 1970s, San Angelo’s LULAC chapter was founded, for which Serna became president. Within this office, Serna helped launch various suits or threats of suits at the county and city level as well as against the local school district and Angelo State University. Serna also worked in Austin for the William P. Clements administration and served as …
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Serna, Willie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wilson, Mrs. Charles, June 6, 2015
Interview with Mrs. Charles Wilson, president of the Harrison County NAACP from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Mrs. Wilson discusses her family background, early education, living in a segregated neighborhood, and her education. She also talks about the effects of school integration, racial violence, and resistance to civil rights. Wilson also discusses her family life and work as a teacher. Finally she discusses the current state of racial equality in Marshall.
Date:
June 6, 2015
Creator:
Wilson, Mrs. Charles & Bynum, Katherine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Windy Goodloe, July 30, 2016
Windy Goodloe is a staff member at the museum of the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery Association. Goodloe grew up in Brackettville, spending most of her early life with her grandparents. She recalled being usually one of very few African American students in the local schools, and in particular her relationship with Mexican American students. Goodloe attended Spellman College in Atlanta, but did not complete her degree; after several years in Atlanta, she returned to Brackettville to care for her grandparents. She talked at length about issues of identity, the history of Black Seminoles in Brackettville, and the current status of Fort Clark Springs as a gated community, among other topics.
Date:
July 30, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Goodlow, Wendy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Zeke Romo, June 29, 2016
Mr. Romo was born in Kyle, but grew up in Austin, near the UT campus. He later attended UT as a journalism major; when looking for an internship, he found work with Marcelo Tafoya at The Echo, a Chicano newspaper based in East Austin. Mr. Romo talks about his work and his views on Chicano-oriented journalism, as well as his involvement in initiatives for revitalization in East Austin. He was also involved in the creation of the Mexican American Cultural Center and worked in SER-Jobs for Progress.
Date:
June 29, 2016
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio & Romo, Zeke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Zephaniah Timmins, June 18, 2015
Interview with Zephaniah Timmins, Harrison County Commissioner from Marshall, Texas. In his interview, Timmins discusses his family history, experiences with segregation and discrimination, civil rights activism, and his involvement in local politics.
Date:
June 18, 2015
Creator:
Timmins, Zephaniah & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System:
The Portal to Texas History
PSA with Bob Lilly
In this short public service announcement from Texas Christian University, Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly advises that making the most out of your education means more than just getting good grades. “If you want to get everything you can out of school,” Lilly says, “you have to stay after it.”
Date:
1976~
Creator:
Texas Christian University
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rice at TCU football game
This film captures highlights from a football game between the Rice University Owls and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. (TCU players are wearing white jerseys.) The Southwest Conference match-up was played on November 23, 1935, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth. While both teams put up impressive numbers on offense, the turnover margin helped shift the game in TCU’s favor. The Horned Frogs ultimately won 27-6. TCU finished the season with a 12-1 record, defeating Louisiana State University 3-2 in the Sugar Bowl on New Years Day 1936. Although the team lost to Southwest Conference Champion Southern Methodist University, TCU claims 1935 as a national championship year.
Date:
1935
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Searchers
“For almost 100 years,” this 1960s promotional film for Texas Christian University states, “this university has been growing—in buildings, scholarships, modern equipment, and, more important, in its commitment to help those who come here in search of understanding.” To explain how the university supports “the searchers,” the film sits down with three current students who share the many reasons why they find TCU great, from seminar-style classes to extracurricular activities to a sense of community.
Date:
1960~/1969~
Creator:
Texas Christian University
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Southwest Conference Highlights
Presented by the Humble Oil & Refining Company, this production reviews college football highlights from the Southwest Conference during the 1956 season. Narrator Kern Tips recaps regular season conference games between the Baylor University Bears, Texas Tech University Red Raiders, University of Arkansas Razorbacks, Southern Methodist University Mustangs, Rice University Owls, University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, Texas A&M University Aggies, and Texas Christian University. It also takes a break from game highlights to feature several members of the 1956 All-Southwest honor team. At the conclusion, the film follows Southwest Conference champion TCU to the Cotton Bowl Classic game against Syracuse University.
Date:
1956/1957
Creator:
Humble Oil & Refining Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
TCU at Texas football game
This film captures a football game between the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs and the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns. (TCU players are wearing white jerseys.) The Southwest Conference match-up was played on November 18, 1961, at Texas Memorial Stadium (now known as Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium) in Austin. Although the top-ranked Longhorns make several trips to the red zone, they fail to score, ultimately losing to 24-point underdog TCU in a 0-6 upset. The shocking defeat spoiled not only the Texas’ hopes of winning its first national title but also the Heisman dreams of star players such as halfback Jimmy Saxton. Texas Head Coach Darrell K Royal, so upset about the loss, later compared the Horned Frogs to cockroaches. “It’s not what they eat and tote off,” he said, “it’s what they fall into and mess up that hurts.” TCU ended the season with a 3-5-2 record, while Texas finished 11-1 with a win over Mississippi in the 1962 Cotton Bowl Classic.
Date:
1961
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas A&M at TCU football game
This film captures a football game between the Texas A&M University Aggies and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. (TCU players are wearing the darker jerseys.) The Southwest Conference match-up was played on October 17, 1959, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth. After a scoreless first quarter, the Horned Frogs take the lead in the second, ultimately winning 39-6. As the Southwest Conference champions, TCU went on to play the Clemson Tigers in the inaugural Bluebonnet Bowl, losing 23-7. The Horned Frogs finished the season with an 8-3 record.
Date:
October 17, 1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thank You, Jim Wright!
Produced by the Fort Worth-based Third Coast Productions, this promotional documentary looks back at what Congressman Jim Wright accomplished during his first 25 years of service in the United States House of Representatives. The film focuses on initiatives Wright supported to help his Fort Worth constituents, from construction projects to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. It also includes testimonials from locals and political colleagues thanking Wright for his service.
Date:
1979
Creator:
Third Coast Productions
System:
The Portal to Texas History