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Oral History Interview with John Nash, George Elmore, and Claretta Allen, June 30, 2015
Interview with John Nash, George Elmore, and Claretta Allen, labor activists from Kilgore, Texas. In the interview, Nash, Elmore, and Allen discuss discrimination at the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, the Kilgore community, and labor organizing and unions in East Texas.
Date:
June 30, 2015
Creator:
Nash, John; Elmore, George; Allen, Claretta; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rubye Jones and Julia Williams, June 30, 2015
Interview with Rubye Jones and Julia Williams, from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Jones and Williams discuss their family backgrounds, higher education at Bishop and Wiley Colleges, experiences with racial discrimination, and their involvement with the Civil Rights Movement. Ms. Jones's uncle Romeo Williams, was a prominent African-American civil rights attorney in Marshall who was killed in an accident in 1960.
Date:
June 30, 2015
Creator:
Jones, Rubye; Williams, Julia; Bynum, Katherine & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daniel Acevedo, June 29, 2015
Interview with Daniel Acevedo, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, involvement with the Chicano movement, Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and civil rights activism in South Texas.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Creator:
Acevedo, Daniel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015
Interview with Jesus Ramirez, a lawyer from San Juan, Texas. During his interview, Ramirez discusses his family background, Chicano activism, including the Edcouch-Elsa student walkout, and La Raza Unita.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Creator:
Ramirez, Jesus & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lula Stroud, June 29, 2015
Interview with Lula Stroud, a retired postal worker from McAllen, Texas. In her interview, Stroud discusses her family history, experiences with segregation, and living along the U.S./Mexico border.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Creator:
Stroud, Lula; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Minnie Mosley Gram and Rostell Williams, June 29, 2015
Interview with Minnie Mosley Gram and Rostell Williams, civil rights activists from Tyler, Texas. Gram and Rostell discuss their early lives, student activism, Jim Crow segregation, and community organizing in Tyler.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Creator:
Gram, Minnie Mosley; Williams, Rostell & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, June 29, 2015
Interview with Narciso Aleman, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, involvement with the Chicano movement, Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and civil rights activism in South Texas.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Creator:
Aleman, Narciso; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Sims, June 26, 2015
Interview with John Sims, a radio broadcaster from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Sims discusses his family background, the Civil Rights Movement, beginning a broadcasting career, and engaging with the Black and Latino communities in Tyler through his radio program, community race relations, and the current racial climate in Tyler.
Date:
June 26, 2015
Creator:
Sims, John; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lawrence Harper, June 26, 2015
Interview with Lawrence Harper, small business owner from Big Sandy, Texas. In the interview, Harper discusses his early life and education, school integration, his time working for Exxon, labor organizing, and community outreach.
Date:
June 26, 2015
Creator:
Harper, Lawrence; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Bynum, Katherine & Dulaney, W. Marvin
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ofelia de los Santos, June 26, 2015
Interview with Ofelia de los Santos, a retired attorney from Edinburg, Texas. In her interview she discusses her civil rights activism in South Texas, community organization Valley Interfaith, La Raza Unida party, and women in the Chicano movement.
Date:
June 26, 2015
Creator:
de los Santos, Ofelia; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Amancio Chapa, June 6, 2015
Interview with Amancio Chapa, former mayor of La Joya, Texas. In his interview he discusses his childhood and education in Corpus Christi, the Chicano movement, the Raza Unida Party and politics in South Texas.
Date:
June 25, 2015
Creator:
Chapa, Amancio & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarice Watkins, June 25, 2015
Interview with Clarice Watkins, a Justice of the Peace from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Watkins discusses her background, education, racial violence, community activism, integration, experiences with discrimination, and her radio career.
Date:
June 25, 2015
Creator:
Watkins, Clarice & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francisco Briones, June 25, 2015
Interview with Francisco Briones, a civil rights activist from Alamo, Texas, near McAllen. In his interview, Briones discusses his early life, his education at Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and his activism in the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date:
June 25, 2015
Creator:
Briones, Francisco; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gloria Moon, June 25, 2015
Interview with Gloria Moon, an educator from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Moon discusses her family background, school integration in Marshall, and her experiences with racial discrimination.
Date:
June 25, 2015
Creator:
Moon, Gloria; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Dulaney, Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with RC Salinas, June 25, 2015
Interview with RC Salinas, an educator from Rio Grande City, Texas. In the interview, Salinas discusses his early life, education at Texas A&M, career, Chicano activism, religion, and the history of Rio Grande City.
Date:
June 25, 2015
Creator:
Salinas, RC; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cedrick Granberry, June 24, 2015
Interview with Cedrick Granberry, a barber and business owner from Tyler, Texas. In his interview, Granberry discusses his early life, his education at Tyler public schools, his experiences with racial discrimination and his involvement with the NAACP.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Granberry, Cedirck; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Dulaney, W. Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Garza, Leo, June 24, 2015
Interview with Leo Garza, a Chicano activist from Harlingen, Texas. In his interview, Garza discusses his early life, his activism, the Raza Unida Party, civil rights organizations, his work as a teacher, healthcare in South Texas, and the needs of the migrant community.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Garza, Leo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Turner, June 24, 2015
Interview with Joe Turner from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Turner discusses his early life and moving to Texas, experiencing racial discrimination in Whitehouse, Texas, his work for the Carrier company in Tyler, and union organizing.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Turner, Joe & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maricela Lozano, June 24, 2015
Interview with Maricela Lozano, business owner from Elsa, Texas. In the interview, Lozano discusses her early life, experiences with discrimination at school, student walkouts, activism, and politics. Lozano discusses the 1968 Edcouch-Elsa student walkout.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Lozano, Maricela; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Miguel de los Santos June 24, 2015
Interview with Miguel de los Santos, an educator from Edinburg, Texas. He discusses his childhood, education, his career as a school principal, and later a superintendent of schools in communities in Texas.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
de los Santos, Miguel & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Wilborn, June 25, 2015
Interview with John Wilborn, an educator from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Wilborn discusses his early life, growing up under Jim Crow segregation, community activism, attending college, military service, school integration, and becoming involved in local politics in Marshall.
Date:
June 23, 2015
Creator:
Wilborn, John; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Dulaney, Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Katherlene Onic, June 23, 2015
Interview with Katherlene Onic, a nurse from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Onic discusses her family background, education, experiences with discrimination, activism at Wiley College, labor unions, the NAACP, and race relations.
Date:
June 23, 2015
Creator:
Onic, Katherlene; Dulaney, Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruben Rosales, June 23, 2015
Interview with Ruben Rosales from Pharr, TX. In the interview, Rosales discusses his childhood, military service, experiences with segregation and discrimination, the Pharr riot of 1971 and its' aftermath, police brutality, the Chicano movement, and politics.
Date:
June 23, 2015
Creator:
Rosales, Ruben; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Andrew Melontree, June 22, 2015
Interview with Andrew Melontree, a retired lawyer from Marlin, Texas. Melontree discusses his upbringing, education, experiences with discrimination and Jim Crow, his military service in the Air Force in the Korean War, his work as a laboratory technician, and his civil rights activism in Tyler.
Date:
June 22, 2015
Creator:
Melontree, Andrew & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History