Oral History Interview with Amy Boykin, July 9, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Amy Boykin, July 9, 2015

Interview with Amy Boykin, retired educator from Prairie View, Texas. She discusses her childhood in Prairie View, her education, her employment at Bishop College and McKinney schools, experiences with racial discrimination in Texas, and her activism.
Date: July 9, 2015
Creator: Boykin, Amy & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jimmie Poindexter, July 9, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jimmie Poindexter, July 9, 2015

Interview with Jimmie Poindexter from Prairie View, Texas. In her interview, Poindexter discusses her family history, education, attending Howard University, community organizations and civil rights activism.
Date: July 9, 2015
Creator: Poindexter, Jimmie & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Mendoza, July 9, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Frank Mendoza, July 9, 2016

Frank talks about his early life growing up in the fields as a migrant working and working in San Antonio. He also talks about his poetry.
Date: July 9, 2016
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Mendoza, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jose Uriegas on July 9, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jose Uriegas on July 9, 2016.

Uriegas talks about growing up in Uvalde, being run out of Uvalde as a young man, and finishing high school in Del Rio. He talks about how Anglos in Uvalde used to turn the gas off the "Mexican" side of town to preserve pressure for the Anglo side when the weather was cold. He talks about the constant pressure that discriminatory treatment has on an individual's psyche. He talks about MAYO in Uvalde and serving on Uvalde city council. The most interesting part of the interview is him talking about him running VISTA MMP.
Date: July 9, 2016
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Uriegas, Jose
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pablo Avila, July 9, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Pablo Avila, July 9, 2016

Pablo Avila, former Zavala County Judge, is one of the elected public officials that came to power through the Raza Unida Party. Avila was born and raised in Crystal City in a middle class family. He described his family's interest in politics and his account of public life and the relationships between Anglos and Mexican Americans. His family --his mother especially-- were very invested in national and local politics. After going to college and becoming an attorney, Avila returned to Crystal City and became involved in the local government. Eventually, he ran unopposed for Zavala County Judge and stayed in the post until his retirement in the 1990s.
Date: July 9, 2016
Creator: Avila, Pablo; Sinta, Vinicio & Arionus, Steve
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Esperanza Acosta, July 9, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Esperanza Acosta, July 9, 2016.

Ms. Acosta spoke about working on military bases at the Base Exchange--working her way up to management.
Date: July 9, 2016
Creator: Acosta, Esperanza; Sinta, Vinicio & Arionus, Steve
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alford Littleton, July 9, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Alford Littleton, July 9, 2016

Alford Littleton was born in Corvell County, Texas. His family briefly moved to California then returned to Texas when moving to Odessa during the 1950s. Littleton attended segregated schools while in Odessa and graduated valedictorian from Blackshear High School. Littleton attended the University of Texas at Austin for two years, but he returned to Odessa to work and raise a family. In Odessa, Littleton became the first African American to work within Shell’s refinery lab. He later started his own engineering testing company in Dallas, Texas—the first such company in Dallas owned by an African American.
Date: July 9, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Littleton, Alford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Ojeda, July 9, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with David Ojeda, July 9, 2015

Interview with David Ojeda, a civil rights activist from Carrizo Springs, Texas. In the interview, Ojeda discusses his childhood, experiences with segregation, becoming involved with civil rights organizations, the Chicano Movement, and Raza Unida.
Date: July 9, 2015
Creator: Ojeda, David; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System: The Portal to Texas History