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Oral History Interview with Rosamaria Cervantes, July 26, 2016
Ms. Cervantes discussed her career as a victim's advocate for the Nueces County courthouse.
Date:
July 26, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Cervantes, Rosa
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruben Barragan, July 26, 2016
Ruben "Pollo" Barragan is a native of Del Rio, and a proud resident of the San Felipe neighborhood. Barragan talked about growing up in San Felipe and race relations in greater Del Rio, his periodic trips to California to work in the fields, and going to school in the San Felipe ISD. Barragan was one of the eight VISTA workers that were expelled from Del Rio under the request of the County Commissioners Court -- a key event that led to the Palm Sunday March. Later in his life, "Pollo" started Project NINO, a charitable initiative that raised funds to provide toys and other goods to poor children in Del Rio every Christmas. Throughout the interview, Barragan talks about the importance of voter registration drives and his work with Texas Rural Legal Aid.
Date:
July 26, 2016
Creator:
Barragan, Ruben & Sinta, Vinicio
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sam Collins, July 26, 2016
Samuel Collins was born in Galveston, Texas in 1971. He grew up in Hitchcock with his mother and grandparents, and spent time in Galveston with his father's family. He grew up in a predominantly African American community but attended the integrated schools. He attended Texas A&M University. After he graduated, he moved to Corpus Christi in 1995 but quickly returned to Houston in 1996. In 2012 he decided to become his own boss and opened his own business. In 2005, Collins and his wife purchased the Stringfellow Orchards after he saw a historical marker on the road. Since then, he has endeavored to restore the property and highlight the histories of African Americans who worked in the orchards following the Civil War. Collins has also been involved in Juneteeth Celebrations in both Galveston and Hitchcock, and other historic preservation efforts in Galveston County. In his interview, he details the need for historical preservation in the African American community.
Date:
July 26, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Sam & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Randle, July 26, 2016
Randle described growing up in rural Texas, segregation, integration, and the challenges of growing up working class and black, as well as the ways in which he overcame the odds to become a prominent and educated official in the region.
Date:
July 26, 2016
Creator:
Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Randle, Thomas
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wanda Harris, July 26, 2016
Ms. Harris grew up in the rural outskirts of Conroe, Texas. Ms. Harris discussed the importance of sports, mainly football, in the lives of folks in Conroe. Having attended both segregated and integrated schools in Conroe, Ms. Harris discussed some differences in the experiences. Ms. Harris had a younger brother that was on the football team that threatened to strike in order to improve the representation of Black women on the cheer leading squad in the 1970s. Ms. Harris also discussed how social events like prom were canceled following integration for some years. Ms. Harris worked as a bus driver in Conroe schools for many years. Ms. Harris described how Black bus drivers feared driving their buses in the neighboring community of Cut and Shoot. Also Ms. Harris described a large Black family being run out of Cut and Shoot in the 1980s/1990s partially because the mother of the family had a larger house than her white neighbors.
Date:
July 26, 2016
Creator:
Howard, Jasmine; May, Meredith & Harris, Wanda
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arnoldo De Leon, July 25, 2016
Arnoldo De Leon was born in 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas. His family lived in Chapman Ranch, an unincorporated community in Nueces County, south of Corpus Christi. In 1956, the De Leons and their family of ten children moved to Robstown. De Leon graduated from high school in 1962 after which he worked in the cotton fields of the area to save up for college, a job he had during summers as a child and teenager. He attended Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, but he could not afford to attend longer than a year. He joined the military in order to attend college, joining the U.S. Air Force from 1963-1967. While stationed in San Angelo, Texas, he attended Angelo State University where he obtained his B.A. in history in 1970. TCU recruited De Leon, where he obtained his M.A. and PhD in history (1974). He taught Mexican American history at Angelo State and authored or co-authored 21 books.
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
De Leon, Arnoldo & Zapata, Joel
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bertha Linton on July 25, 2016
Berta Perez Linton was born in 1942 or 1943 in Brady, Texas. She attended schools in Melvin, Texas until 7th grade while her family lived in a ranch. Linton’s family then moved to San Angelo, Texas where she graduated from Central High School in 1961. Linton attended Angelo College for one year and a half before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. Linton graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a major in elementary education in 1967. She taught bilingual education in Austin Schools before attending Texas Southern University’s Welcome to Thurgood Marshall School of Law, graduating in 1977. Linton then moved to San Angelo where she was the counsel for the local LULAC council. She still practices law in San Angelo.
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Linton, Bertha
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Chris Escobar, July 25, 2016
Chris Escobar is an artist activist who does outreach at La Casa de la Cultura in Del Rio. In the interview, he speaks about migrant work, his father as a vaquero, going on the migrant trail, etc. He also speaks about college and the difficulties of being poor and its attendant effects on his studies at St Edwards & UTEP. He talks a little bit about Austin & learning from Raúl Valdez.
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Escobar, Chris
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cody Wheeler, July 25, 2016
Cody Wheeler was born in Dalhart, Texas in 1985. He moved to Pasadena with his family in 1991. Wheeler developed a political consciousness as a young kid due to his father's union involvement. He attended schools in the Pasadena Independent School District and graduated from Deer Park High School. In 2003, he joined the Marines and did tours in Iraq. Upon his return from the war, he enrolled at the University of Houston. The persistent stark differences between North and South Pasadena pushed him to successfully run for city council member in 2013. During his campaign, he made an attempt to educate his constituents and get them out to vote. As a member of city council, he has been a witness to the voting rights violations resulting from the redistricting of Pasadena (which he describes in detail). Wheeler also described his unsuccessful run for state representative for district 144 in 2016.
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Wheeler, Cody
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daler Wade, July 25, 2016
Mrs. Wade attended an all-Black school in Houston and during freedom of choice the Black students collectively decided not to integrate because white school officials had sought to only allow the top Black students to integrate. Wade benefited from the land ownership of her family. By owning land, Wade's mother was able to take care of her two children following the early death of her husband. Wade attributed her father's early death to an injury that occurred during his military service. Wade also attributed her brother contracting polio and her mother's subsequent difficulty obtaining care for her brother to discrimination. Wade's mother initially worked in menial jobs despite having a degree because she could not be hired as an secretary. Wade's mother ultimately started in the 1960s and sustained her own in-home business for decades. Wade described her schooling experiences at Texas Woman's University and Texas Christian University. Wade received some negative feedback from her teacher's for deciding to not attend a historically Black college or university. Wade decided to attend a predominantly white university because she was curious about the level of education white people were receiving. Wade began a career in corporate America shortly after graduating from TCU …
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Howard, Jasmine & Wade, Daler
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lupe Sotelo, July 25, 2016
Lupe Sotelo is a Del Rio native and a former student of the San Felipe ISD. He also taught at San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District schools after consolidation, and went on to work as principal and superintendent in other communities in Texas. Mr. Sotelo talked about the encouragement of teachers at San Felipe and how he could have been considered an "at risk" student in his youth. The second half of the interview features Sotelo's interpretation of the events surrounding the consolidation of the school districts with the hindsight of having worked as an administrator later in his career.
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Sotelo, Lupe
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Manuela Arroyos, July 25, 2016
Described her family's Texas heritage, her father's work with the community, and her own work in public and private jobs.
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Arroyos, Manuela; Grevious, Danielle & Bobadilla, Eladio
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rev. Harry Williams on July 25, 2016.
Discussed his career as a minister and a member of the school board.
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Wall, James & Williams, Harry
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tino Gonzalez, July 25, 2016
Florentino "Tino" Gonzalez was born in 1959 in Galveston and came of age in the Eastend, an African American and Mexican American neighborhood. He attended Catholic school for his primary and secondary education and struggled initially to learn English. After doing construction work for a few years post-graduation, Gonzalez attended Galveston College where he recieved the individualized attention necessary to thrive and matriculate. As the Vice President of Moody National Bank, he served on many boards of historical and non-profit organizations. Gonzalez talks about how his family migrated from Monterrey, Mexico to Galveston, how his cross-ethnic experiences growing up provided him a broad perspective, how his high school did not prepare him to go to college, and how Galveston College provided him the environment necessary to gain an education and prosper in life. He also talks about how his ability to listen and read coupled with his desire to represent Latina/o perspectives afforded him the opportunity to serve on several institutional boards, such as the Family Service Center, the Galveston Sustainable Community Alliance. Gonzalez describes his position as a Galveston College Board of Regents member and how he has focused on the recruitment and retention of working class, ethnic, and …
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Gonzalez, Tino
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Victor Frazier, July 25, 2016
Discussed his career as a local educator and the history of the black community in Corpus Christi.
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Frazier, Victor
Object Type:
Video
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Noyola, July 23, 2016
David Noyola is a former city council man from Corpus Christi. In his interview, Noyola discussed growing up in the area and his career as a city politician and radio host.
Date:
July 23, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Noyola, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eloy Barrera, July 22, 2016
Mr. Barrera grew up in and around Del Rio, Texas. His father was a sheep sheerer. Barrera talked about the importance of education to his parents and learning "proper" Spanish. He also talked about the San Felipe barrio and the schools. Later he moved out of the barrio into a more mixed community. He talked about the disparity in sporting equipment between Del Rio ISD & San Felipe. He also talked about teaching drama in Del Rio, the march in 1969, and the impact of school consolidation in 1971. He also mentioned discrimination his drama students experienced during a UIL meet where they were the better team but the Anglo judges gave the win to another team.
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Barrera, Eloy
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Huey Dorn, July 22, 2016
Mr. Dorn discussed growing up in Corpus Christi and his career as an NAACP investigator and steelworker.
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Dorn, Huey
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Isabel Jimenez, July 22, 2016
Isabel Jimenez was born in 1953 in Slanton, Texas. Her family moved to Midland, Texas and she attended De Zavala Elementary (the “Mexican” school), Austin Junior High, and graduated from Midland High School in 1971. Jimenez attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas for one year, then Midland College, and the University of Texas—Permian Basin, which she eventually graduated from in 1987 with a degree in Spanish. Beginning in 1976, Jimenez worked for Southwest Bell. She joined LULAC in the 1970s due to police brutality against Mexican Americans, not wanting her own son to experience such brutality. Jimenez was part of LULAC single member districts at the county, city, school district, and community college levels. Jimenez also participated in the Southwest Voter Registration Project, taught as a bilingual education teacher, and is now a counselor at Midland College.
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Jimenez, Isabel
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesse Shead, July 22, 2016
Jesse Shead was born in 1947 in East Austin, a segregated African American neighborhood with thriving businesses. He grew-up going to African American schools, such as Campbell Elementary and Kealing Junior High, and experienced a middle-class lifestyle in his ethnic enclave. Shead went to Anderson High School before its closure and and reopening as an integrate school in 1971. After attending Huston-Tillotson University in Austin for two years, he was employed for the Humble Oil and Refinery Company in Baytown as it was transitioning to Exxon. While in Baytown, Shead witnessed instances of discrimination where he was refused service at local businesses. He talks about how desegregation efforts in Austin lead to the drain of African American professionals in the schools and overall community of East Austin, the weak company union at Exxon, how he was one of the few African Americans to work in the Exxon's processing department, his inability to rent in certain areas of town due to his race, and racial discrimination at Lee High School during the time that his two sons were attending. Shead also describes his unsuccessful bid to serve on the board of regents for Lee College, organizing around the police brutality case …
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Shead, Jesse
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jimmie Shaw on July 22, 2016.
Ms. Shaw was born and raised in Willis, Texas. Shaw described her experiences with racism and Jim Crow discrimination. Shaw discussed one surprising impact of racism in Willis, she was fearful of Halloween. During Halloween in Willis, white youth would throw things at Ms. Shaw's house. A great aunt of Shaw was able to live in the white part of Willis while a uncle of Shaw became the first Black person to vote in the Willis/Conroe area. The first time he was able to vote was when he was elderly in the mid-twentieth century. Shaw also discussed difficulties in the workplace in Conroe.
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Howard, Jasmine & Shaw , Jimmie
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Luis Sanchez, July 22, 2016
Luis D. Sánchez was born in Midland, Texas in 1978. His parents originated from the Ojinaga area of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Sánchez grew up in majority-minority, south Midland. He attended Travis Elementary, Long Elementary, Alamo Junior High, and Midland High School. After high school, Sánchez obtained his associates degree, while working two jobs, in government from Midland College in 2000. In 2002 he obtained his bachelors in political since from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. After college, Sánchez worked for the Texas Secretary of State in Austin. When he moved back to Midland, he quickly became involved in local electoral politics, eventually running for office himself in 2003. He is now a city council member representing south Midland.
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Sanchez, Luis
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mary Jo O'Rear on July 22, 2016.
Discussed growing up during Jim Crow in Louisiana, and her career as a teacher and local historian.
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & O'Rear, Mary Jo
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History