Ms. Acosta spoke about working on military bases at the Base Exchange--working her way up to management.

West Oso School Board history and personal history.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Three Gentlemen of Gospel" concert tribute to Rance Allen, Daryl Coley, and Walter Hawkins held on October 12th, 2009 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The footage shows a live performance of gospel music by a large choir and various featured individuals such as dancers and directors. The featured guests include Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Kervy Brown.

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.

Ms. Perez-Wiseley was raised in the west side of Corpus Christi. She witnessed some acts of racial and class discrimination, but was not directly subjected to it during her youth. While she was very involved in community and student affairs, she did not become involved in the Chicano movement until she attended UT in the early 70s. After being excluded from leadership position in the Young Democrats, she joined the Raza Unida Party and was a member of MAYO at UT. After college, she worked for the city of Austin and became heavily involved in American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (ASCFME), eventually becoming a full-time organizer. During the interview, Ms. Perez-Wiseley discusses race relations in Corpus Christi, her career in labor organizing (including her own struggles against inequities in pay within ASCFME) and her current involvement in politics.

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.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poetry Smash event in 2013 at Clarence Muse Café. The event featured various poets performing original work, including Irma P. Hall. The video also features performers singing. The video cuts at 57:16 to a church service.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poetry Smash event in 2013. This event featured various poets, including Irma P. Hall, consisting of freestyle and written poems. It was held at Clarence Muse Café. The video cuts at 57:42 to a student presentation.

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.

Wayne Woodward discusses his early life and activism and civil rights issues and the discriminatory culture of the Texas Panhandle,

Senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance degree.

Interview with Sam McDowell Junkin, a past president of Schreiner College and Presbyterian minister, from Kerrville, Texas. Junkin gives a brief history of his life, including growing up in Kerrville, his time at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary School, serving as a Presbyterian minister, and serving as the president of Schreiner College.

Early music concert preformed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Baroque orchestra and choir concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Edward Castillo was born in Houston in 1948. He grew up in the Fifth Ward and the Northside neighborhoods. Castillo talks about his activism in the University of Houston Mexican American Youth Organization and the organization's efforts to recruit and retain Chicana/o students, to establish the Center for Mexican American Studies, and to create the UH Marcha por La Humanidad mural. He also talks about co-founding Centro Aztlán, a cooperative that is dedicated to providing educational and social services to the Latina/o community in Houston.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Dress Performance Theatre series of "Do Lord Remember Me," written by James de Jongh over the weekend of February 8-9th, 2013 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The play takes place in a fictional retirement home in Richmond Virginia in the 1930s with the performance focusing on residents' memories of their time as slaves as young adults.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate.

Wanda Thompson discusses her memories of a segregated Port Arthur, her work with the church, and her job as a librarian and local historian.

Michael Linden and Wanda Thompson discuss the history of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and it's importance to the Black Catholic community in Port Arthur.

In his interview, Linden discussed segregation, church involvement, and the challenges faced by people of color in Port Arthur.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. This story aired at 4pm.

Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. This story aired at 4pm.