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Oral History Interview with Al and Larneatha Bowdre, July 14, 2015 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rogelio Nuñez, June 16, 2015 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Effie Perry, July 12, 2015 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Zephaniah Timmins, June 18, 2015 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bettye Mitchell, July 1, 2015 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Trinidad "Trini" Garza, June 10, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Trinidad "Trini" Garza, June 10, 2015

Interview with Trinidad "Trini" Garza, a civic leader and businessman from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Garza discusses his early life, education, migrant work, military service, studying engineering at Texas A&M, his community service and activism in Dallas, and his work on the school board.
Date: June 11, 2015
Creator: Garza, Trinidad & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Amancio Chapa, June 6, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Amancio Chapa, June 6, 2015

Interview with Amancio Chapa, former mayor of La Joya, Texas. In his interview he discusses his childhood and education in Corpus Christi, the Chicano movement, the Raza Unida Party and politics in South Texas.
Date: June 25, 2015
Creator: Chapa, Amancio & Enriquez, Sandra
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 24, 2015 (Part 2) captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 24, 2015 (Part 2)

Interview with Salvador Balcorta, the CEO of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe clinic in El Paso. Mr. Balcorta discusses his work in providing healthcare in El Paso and surrounding communities, his Chicano activism,working against gang violence, the Chicano AIDS Coalition, substandard housing and education in El Paso. This is the second of two interviews Mr. Balcorta participated in.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Balcorta, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne Sadberry, July 8, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Wayne Sadberry, July 8, 2015

Interview with Wayne Sadberry, a curator at the Brazos Valley African-American Museum from Prairie View, Texas. Sadberry discusses his early life, family background, and living under Jim Crow segregation. Sadberry also discusses his education at St. Emma Military Academy in Powhatan, Virginia and service in the Air Force. He also discusses working as a research assistant on a grant project to Antarctica while a graduate student at Texas A&M.
Date: July 8, 2015
Creator: Sadberry, Wayne & Moye, Todd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vivian Wells, June 13, 2015 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jerry Alonzo, July 11, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerry Alonzo, July 11, 2015

Interview with Jerry Alonzo from Laredo, Texas. He discusses his childhood and education, military service in Vietnam, his work at Southwestern Bell, the Communication Workers of America labor union, and his involvement in election campaigns.
Date: July 11, 2015
Creator: Alonzo, Gerardo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Medrano, June 10, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Medrano, June 10, 2015

Interview with Robert Medrano, businessman and elected official from Dallas, Texas. Medrano is the son of Francisco "Pancho" Medrano and brother of Ricardo Medrano, also local politicians. In his interview, Medrano discusses his his upbringing in the "Little Mexico" section of Dallas, his family's political activities, and Chicano activism in the 1960s and 1970s.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Medrano, Robert & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward D. Moore, June 15, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Edward D. Moore, June 15, 2015

Interview with Edward D. Moore, city councilman from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Moore discusses his family background, childhood, education, desegregation, his work for Kelly-Springfield Tire, labor unions, community activism, and city politics.
Date: June 15, 2015
Creator: Moore, Edward D. & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sydney Eloyce Green, June 17, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Sydney Eloyce Green, June 17, 2015

Interview with Sydney Eloyce Green, teacher from Tyler, Texas. In her interview, Green discusses her early life, education, family genealogy, and experiences with racial discrimination, and school integration in Tyler. Green's father was Sydney Earl (S.E.) Palmer, a community activist who worked to achieve integrated schools in Tyler.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Green, Sydney Eloyce & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Betty Joyce Bivens, June 13, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Betty Joyce Bivens, June 13, 2015

Interview with Betty Joyce Bivens, a retired educator from Fort Worth, Texas. In her interview, she describes her childhood experiences, growing up during the Jim Crow period, her education, her work at General Dynamics and in the public school system, community engagement, church leadership, and voter registration,
Date: June 13, 2015
Creator: Bivens, Betty Joyce & Robles, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Estrus Tucker, June 12, 2015 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ricardo Medrano, June 13, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ricardo Medrano, June 13, 2015

Interview with Ricardo Medrano, a former city councilman from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Medrano discusses his family background and childhood, political activism, labor activism, the Chicano movement, and his time as an elected leader in Dallas.
Date: June 13, 2015
Creator: Medrano, Ricardo; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daniel Acevedo, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Daniel Acevedo, June 29, 2015

Interview with Daniel Acevedo, 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: Acevedo, Daniel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mildred Davis, July 6, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Mildred Davis, July 6, 2015

Interview with Mildred Davis, teacher from Bryan, Texas. Davis discusses her childhood, education, career, and community involvement. She also discusses the Brazos Valley African American Museum.
Date: July 6, 2015
Creator: Davis, Mildred & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Darryl Bowdre, July 2, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Darryl Bowdre, July 2, 2015

Interview with Darryl Bowdre, a minister, journalist and community leader from Tyler, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, work, and civil rights activism .
Date: July 2, 2015
Creator: Bowdre, Darryl & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jimmie Poindexter, July 9, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jimmie Poindexter, July 9, 2015

Interview with Jimmie Poindexter from Prairie View, Texas. In her interview, Poindexter discusses her family history, education, attending Howard University, community organizations and civil rights activism.
Date: July 9, 2015
Creator: Poindexter, Jimmie & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015

Interview with Jesus Ramirez, a lawyer from San Juan, Texas. During his interview, Ramirez discusses his family background, Chicano activism, including the Edcouch-Elsa student walkout, and La Raza Unita.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Ramirez, Jesus & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joreen Waddell, July 10, 2015 captions transcript

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cedrick Granberry, June 24, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Cedrick Granberry, June 24, 2015

Interview with Cedrick Granberry, a barber and business owner from Tyler, Texas. In his interview, Granberry discusses his early life, his education at Tyler public schools, his experiences with racial discrimination and his involvement with the NAACP.
Date: June 24, 2015
Creator: Granberry, Cedirck; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Dulaney, W. Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History