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Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016 (open access)

North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2016
Creator: LaFerney, Dalton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 2016 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 6, 2016
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2016
Creator: Parker, Vic
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jo Ann Redden, December 6, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jo Ann Redden, December 6, 2016

Transcript of an interview with Jo Ann "Josie" Lochte Redden, Montessori educator and stained glass artist, discussing her German extended family, her upbringing in Kerrville, Texas, life in New York, and travel with her husband John throughout Texas and western United States to photograph, catalogue, and reproduce Native American pictographs, or rock paintings.
Date: December 6, 2016
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Redden, Jo Ann Lochte
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 2016 (open access)

The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Aransas Pass, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 6, 2016
Creator: Hall, Brittney
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 (open access)

The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Aransas Pass, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 (open access)

The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Aransas Pass, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0101 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0101

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Rusk County school district tax violates article VIII, section 1-e of the Texas Constitution (RQ-0090-KP).
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0112 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0112

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the State is required to assume liability when a local retirement system created pursuant to title 109 ofthe Texas Civil Statutes is unable to meet its financial obligations (RQ-0101-KP).
Date: September 6, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Texas Press (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016 (open access)

East Texas Press (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Timpson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gilberto Torres, July 6, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Gilberto Torres, July 6, 2016

Gilberto Torres grew up around Uvalde and the Winter Garden area. He recalled different instances of discrimination against people of Mexican descent, particular in school settings. Torres had a long career in the military and a prolonged tenure in the Uvalde County Commissioner's Court. He reminisced about his contentious relationship with other members of the court, and the sometimes heated exchanges between them.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Torres, Gilberto
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 217, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 6, 2016 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 217, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 6, 2016

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 6, 2016
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016 (open access)

The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Leonard, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2016
Creator: Blevins, Betsy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Morrison, July 6, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Richard Morrison, July 6, 2016

Described his early childhood in a segregated Liberty, TX, his early involvement with environmental issues, his trajectory to becoming an environmental lawyer, and finally, his work as a Democratic elected official.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Morrison, Richard
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with I.D. Henderson, June 13, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with I.D. Henderson, June 13, 2016

I.D. Henderson, Jr. was the first Black County Commissioner of Angelina County, Texas. He served in that position from the early 1980s until the early 2000s. He was very involved in Lufkin politics and helped to improve the infrastructure of the Black Lufkin community. Mr. Henderson is also a war veteran who served in Vietnam and Korea. Mr. Henderson discussed the segregation and discrimination he witnessed from his birth in the Lufkin area in the late 1920s, his time in the military and his return to Lufkin in the 1970s. Mr. Henderson discussed receiving death threats before and after he won his county commissioner office. Also Mr. Henderson discussed his involvement in many other organizations.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Howard, Jasmin & Henderson, I.D.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with I.D. Henderson, June 10, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with I.D. Henderson, June 10, 2016

I.D. Henderson, Jr. was the first Black County Commissioner of Angelina County, Texas. He served in that position from the early 1980s until the early 2000s. He was very involved in Lufkin politics and helped to improve the infrastructure of the Black Lufkin community. Mr. Henderson is also a war veteran who served in Vietnam and Korea. Mr. Henderson discussed the segregation and discrimination he witnessed from his birth in the Lufkin area in the late 1920s, his time in the military and his return to Lufkin in the 1970s. Mr. Henderson discussed receiving death threats before and after he won his county commissioner office. Also Mr. Henderson discussed his involvement in many other organizations.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Howard, Jasmin & Henderson, I.D.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John "Bunchy" Crear, June 6, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with John "Bunchy" Crear, June 6, 2016

John "Bunchy" Crear was born in 1952. He grew up in Pleasantville, a predominately African American neighborhood in Houston, TX. After spending a few years in Los Angeles, California, he returned to Houston and joined the People's Party II. He discusses People's Party II's community programing and the Dowling Shootout, the Rainbow Coalition, and his later involvement in the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California. Crear also talks about the differences in racial discrimination in California versus Texas and his efforts to honor the life of Carl Hampton as well as the legacy of the Black Panther Party.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Crear, John
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Josey, July 6, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with James Josey, July 6, 2016.

James Josey Sr. was born in Galveston in 1947 and grew-up in the predominately African American neighborhood located north of Broadway St. Josey Sr. came of age witnessing segregation. He attended Central High, the African American High School, served in Vietnam, and lived in Los Angeles, California for a few years before returning to island in 1991. He talks about the robust African American business sector during Jim Crow and how the national movements for Civil Rights, lead by MLK and Malcolm X, spurred the youth-directed desegregation efforts in Galveston. Josey Sr. also addresses his involvement in gang prevention, becoming a mentor to young African American males, the role of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in Galveston, and the meaning of Juneteenth. He speaks about why he founded the first African American History Museum in Galveston and the critical role that it has played in the community. Lastly, Josey Sr. discusses notable African Americans in Galveston.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Josey Sr., James
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cornelia Harris Banks, July 6, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Cornelia Harris Banks, July 6, 2016

Cornelia Harris Banks was born in Galveston in 1947.She grew up in a neighborhood on the South of Broadway, which was a mixed neighborhood. Harris Banks witnessed segregated public spaces on the Island and the integration of schools in the 1960s. She graduated from high school in 1965 and attended Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, where she remained until 1996. Upon her return to Galveston in the late 1990s, she became very involved in the community. Subsequently, Harris Banks became the first African American Woman City Council member on the Island in 2000. During her tenure, she became involved in housing efforts (which she continues to work on in present day), in creating parks and recreation spaces, and revitalizing Galveston in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in 2008. Harris Banks is also involved in the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and in local preservation efforts that highlight the history of African Americans in Galveston.
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Banks, Cornelia Harris
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gloria Rubac on June 6, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Gloria Rubac on June 6, 2016.

Gloria Rubac was born in Oklahoma, TX. in 1946. After witnessing racial discrimination in Oklahoma throughout her youth, Rubac traveled to Houston in 1968 to teach in the Northforest School District. She became involved in the John Brown Revolutionary League, a radical white youth organization that was a part of a Rainbow Coalition with the People's Party II. Wanting to become more active in supporting Brown and Black organizations, Rubac joined the Huelga School movement as a teacher and protestor. She talks about her succeeding involvement in supporting the Chicana/o Moratorium, the Mexican American Youth Organization, the People's Party II, the Worker's World, and the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, which she has dedicated her life to. Rubac also discusses inter-racial solidarity as well as discrimination in Houston, particularly police brutality as it relates to the assassination of Carl Hampton, the Jose Campos Torres incident, and the Moody Park Rebellion.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Rubac, Gloria
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lilia Escajeda, July 6, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Lilia Escajeda, July 6, 2016

Lilia Escajeda was born in El Paso, Texas. She grew up between El Paso, Van Horn, and Amarillo; and she remembers going to segregated schools in Van Horn. She settled in Amarillo as an adult after her husband died, and she eventually became the first female loan-officer for any bank in Amarillo, at the Amarillo National Bank. She joined various community organizations, boards, and became both the first Mexican American women Amarillo College board member and City Commissioner (later City Council Member).
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Escajeda, Lilia; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dallas and Carol Pierre, June 6, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Dallas and Carol Pierre, June 6, 2016

Dr. Pierre was born in Louisiana and moved to Port Arthur at a young age. He later moved to Lufkin, because the area lacked an African-American dentist. His wife Carol Pierre, who was born and raised in San Antonio, became a teacher in the segregated school system. Dr. Pierre quickly became active, serving on the school board as integration occurred and participating in the NAACP. He continues to operate his dentistry business in Lufkin in 2016. Dr. Pierre discusses his early life in Louisiana and Port Arthur and his time in dental school. He and his wife describe the move to Lufkin, integration, work with the NAACP, and what they saw as the complacency of African Americans in Lufkin.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Dulaney, W. Marvin; May, Meredith; Howard, Jasmin; Pierre, Carol & Pierre, Dallas
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History