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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 Leroy Sterling, July 6, 2015
Interview with Leroy Sterling, an Army veteran and educator from Bryan, Texas. In his interview, Sterling discusses his family background, living under Jim Crow segregation, segregated neighborhoods and housing, agricultural work, military service and his experience being one of the first African-American students to attend Texas A&M University.
Date:
July 6, 2015
Creator:
Sterling, Leroy & 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 Leonard Sweat, June 8, 2016
Leonard Sweat grew up in Nacogdoches and participated in the protests and activism while he was in school. He worked in Lufkin, because economic opportunity in Nacogdoches was limited. He returned to Nacogdoches later in life to work as a minister. Mr. Sweat discussed growing up in segregated Nacogdoches, the integration of the schools, the brutality of Chief Roebuck, protests in the late 1960s and 1970, representation of African-Americans in politics and voter apathy.
Date:
June 8, 2016
Creator:
Sweat, Leonard; Howard, Jasmin & May, Meredith
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 Rafael Torres, July 6, 2015
Interview with Rafael Torres, community leader from Laredo, Texas. In the interview, Torres discusses his family background, geography and politics in Laredo, experiences in school, participating in Teacher Corps, and activism in Crystal City.
Date:
July 6, 2015
Creator:
Torres, Rafael; Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Krochmal, Max
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Armando Trevino, July 7, 2015
Interview with Armando Trevino, an attorney from Laredo, Texas. In his interview, Trevino discusses his family background, education, experiences with discrimination, political activism, the Crystal City walkout, community action, and the Chicano movement. Trevino also discusses providing legal aid in the Laredo area.
Date:
July 7, 2015
Creator:
Trevino, Armando; Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Krochmal, Max
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Estrus Tucker, June 12, 2015
Interview with Estrus Tucker, a social worker from Fort Worth, Texas. In his interview, Tucker discusses his background, residential segregation, the Como neighborhood, and community activism in Fort Worth.
Date:
June 12, 2015
Creator:
Tucker, Estrus & Moye, Todd
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 Gilbert Urbina, July 1, 2015
Interview with Gilbert Urbina, a small business owner from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Urbina discusses the racial climate in Tyler, especially for the Latino community.
Date:
July 1, 2015
Creator:
Urbina, Gilbert; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Juanita Valdez-Cox, June 17, 2015
Interview with Juanita Valdez-Cox, a non-profit community organizer from San Juan, Texas. In her interview, Valdez-Cox discusses racial discrimination in the Rio Grande Valley, work with migrant children, the farm workers' movement in Texas, labor organizing, and community organizations.
Date:
June 17, 2015
Creator:
Valdez-Cox, Juanita; Gutierrez, Jose Angel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joreen Waddell, July 10, 2015
Interview with Joreen Waddell, a teacher from Huntsville, Texas. In her interview, Waddell discusses her childhood, racial discrimination and segregation in Huntsville, community activism, civil rights organizations, school integration, and the HA-YOU (Huntsville Action for Youth) student organization
Date:
July 10, 2015
Creator:
Waddell, Joreen & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesse Marvin Walker, July 8, 2015
Interview with Jesse Marvin Walker, a bail bondsman from Bryan, Texas. In the interview, Walker discusses his early life, attending segregated schools, the civil rights movement, college activism, and working at NASA.
Date:
July 8, 2015
Creator:
Walker, Jesse Marvin; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Hamilton, July 21, 2016
Mr. Hamilton discussed growing up in segregated Corpus Christi, fighting in Vietnam, and his experiences with PTSD.
Date:
July 21, 2016
Creator:
Wall, James & Hamilton, George
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elaine Jones, July 7, 2016
Elaine Jones is an educator and activist from Robstown. In her interview, Ms. Jones discussed her career as a teacher and her involvement in Robstown walkouts in 1969.
Date:
July 7, 2016
Creator:
Wall, James & Jones, Elaine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wanda Perry on July 5, 2016.
Discussed growing up during desegregation and Jim Crow era Fort Worth.
Date:
July 5, 2016
Creator:
Wall, James & Perry, Wanda
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maurice Portis on June 14, 2016.
Personal testimony of segregation and discrimination In East Texas/Corpus Christi.
Date:
June 14, 2016
Creator:
Wall, James & Portis, Maurice
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 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 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 Vivian Wells, June 13, 2015
Interview with Vivian Wells, a realtor from Fort Worth, Texas. In the interview, Wells discusses her early life, living under Jim Crow segregation, civil rights activism, her work and family, meeting Martin Luther King, Jr., and community organizing.
Date:
June 13, 2015
Creator:
Wells, Vivian; Robles, David & Krochmal, Max
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 Wilson, Mrs. Charles, June 6, 2015
Interview with Mrs. Charles Wilson, president of the Harrison County NAACP from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Mrs. Wilson discusses her family background, early education, living in a segregated neighborhood, and her education. She also talks about the effects of school integration, racial violence, and resistance to civil rights. Wilson also discusses her family life and work as a teacher. Finally she discusses the current state of racial equality in Marshall.
Date:
June 6, 2015
Creator:
Wilson, Mrs. Charles & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jon Holmes, June 13, 2016
Jon Holmes was born in Lubbock and grew up in a farm near the city while being educated in Lubbock’s school system. He graduated from Lubbock High School and later attended Texas Tech University. At Texas Tech, Holmes participated in the campus anti-Vietnam War Movement and in the underground student newspaper named The Catalyst. Because of his work, especially in pointing out racial discrimination in Lubbock within the The Catalyst, Holmes and his fellow student advocates faced police harassment and violence. Facing such oppression, he moved to New York where he began a successful writing career. He has published articles in numerous publications like the New York Times and has published two cultural history books.
Date:
June 13, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Holmes, Jon
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History