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Oral History Interview with Ann Boney, July 20, 2015
Interview with Ann Boney, retired staff of Texas A&M University and president of the Brazos County NAACP from Bryan, Texas. Boney describes her early life and education, her employment around the state, including working at the Benz School of Floral Design at Texas A&M. Ms. Boney also discusses her experiences as president of her local chapter of the NAACP and current community issues addressed by the organization.
Date:
July 20, 2015
Creator:
Boney, Ann; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & 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 Robert Person, July 17, 2015
Interview with Robert Person, an educator from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Person discusses higher education at Texas Southern University, activism at TSU, including the 1967 riot, segregation in Bryan, community activism, school integration, and race relations.
Date:
July 17, 2015
Creator:
Person, Robert & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
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 Velma Spivey, July 15, 2015
Interview with Velma Spivey, a social worker from Bryan, Texas. In her interview, Spivey discusses her early life, living under segregation, her education, and career.
Date:
July 15, 2015
Creator:
Spivey, Velma & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Halcyon Watkins, July 23, 2015
Interview with Halcyon Watkins, a veterinarian from Prairie View, Texas. In her interview, Watkins discusses her family background, and her education at St. Frances de Sales School in Virginia, a Catholic boarding school for African American girls. She also discusses her education at Texas Southern University and Tuskegee University. While a student at TSU, Watkins participated in lunch counter and bus station sit-ins in Houston.
Date:
July 23, 2015
Creator:
Watkins, Halcyon & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eddie Canales, June 30, 2015
Interview with Eddie Canales, is a civil rights activist and former union organizer from Falfurrias, Texas. He is the founder of the South Texas Human Rights Center. In his interview, Canales discusses his childhood, education, and activism in Texas.
Date:
June 3, 2015
Creator:
Canales, Eddie; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 7, 2015 (Part 1)
Interview with Salvador Balcorta, the CEO of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe clinic in El Paso. Mr. Balcorta discusses his family background and education, and the founding of the La Fe clinic. This is the first of two interviews Mr. Balcorta participated in.
Date:
July 23, 2015
Creator:
Balcorta, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Felipe Peralta, July 22, 2015
Interview with Felipe Peralta, community activist from El Paso, Texas. In the interview, Peralta discusses his childhood and education, the Chamizal Treaty, student activism, community organizations, race relations, politics, the Chicano movement, and labor unions.
Date:
July 22, 2015
Creator:
Peralta, Felipe & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rey Avila, June 18, 2015
Interview with Rey Avila, founder of Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum in San Benito, Texas. Mr. Avila discusses his early life, education, his experiences as a young migrant worker, the history of Conjunto music in Texas, and the Chicano movement. Part of the interview takes place in the gallery of the museum.
Date:
June 18, 2015
Creator:
Avila, Rey; Gutierrez, Jose Angel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
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 Frank Jackson, July 7, 2015
Interview with Frank Jackson, mayor of Prairie View, Texas. In the interview, Jackson discusses his early life and education in Luling, Texas, living under Jim Crow, his service in the U.S. Navy, the incorporation of Prairie View, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Date:
July 16, 2015
Creator:
Jackson, Frank & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dalila Dolenz, June 10 2015
Interview with Dalila Dolenz, a nurse and civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas. In the interview, she discusses her work, activism and interaction with Cesar Chavez
Date:
June 10, 2015
Creator:
Dolenz, Dalila; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, July 2, 2015
Interview with Narciso Aleman, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his activism and the ideologies behind the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date:
July 2, 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 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 Maria Rodriguez, June 18, 2015
Interview with Maria Rodriguez, from Brownsville, Texas. In the interview, Rodriguez discusses her childhood, tenant farming, migrant labor, experiences with discrimination, and family life.
Date:
June 18, 2015
Creator:
Rodriguez, Maria; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ricardo De Anda, July 10, 2015
Interview with Ricardo De Anda, a civil rights attorney from Laredo, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his early life and education, political activism, the Chicano movement, Black Panthers, and working on the Ramsey Muniz campaign. He also talks about his work with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and legal cases related to school segregation.
Date:
July 10, 2015
Creator:
De Anda, Ricardo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Homero Galicia, July 21, 2015
Interview with Homero Galicia, a college instructor from El Paso, Texas. In the interview, Galicia discusses his childhood, education, military service, civil rights activism, his career and later community involvement.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Galicia, Homero; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al and Larneatha Bowdre, July 14, 2015
Interview with Al and Larneatha Bowdre, retired couple from Prairie View, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Bowdre discuss their childhood experiences, education, and raising their family in Texas. Mr. Bowdre also discusses his work as a volunteer firefighter.
Date:
July 14, 2015
Creator:
Bowdre, Al; Bowdre, Larneatha; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rogelio Nuñez, June 16, 2015
Interview with Rogelio Nuñez, executive director of legal defense and advocacy organization Proyecto Libertad from Harlingen, Texas. In the interview, Nuñez discusses his early life and education, Chicano activism, and Proyecto Libertad.
Date:
June 16, 2015
Creator:
Nuñez, Rogelio; Gutierrez, Jose Angel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Effie Perry, July 12, 2015
Interview with Effie Perry, an educator from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Perry discusses her family history, experiences with racial discrimination and segregation, education, access to healthcare, civil rights activism, integration, her teaching career, union activity, and community service.
Date:
July 15, 2015
Creator:
Perry, Effie & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bettye Mitchell, July 1, 2015
Interview with Bettye Mitchell a community leader from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Mitchell discusses her family background, going to segregated and integrated schools, experiences with racism, civil rights activism, her church community, and her political activism.
Date:
July 1, 2015
Creator:
Mitchell, Bettye & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History