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Oral History Interview with Richard Perkins, June 10, 2016

Description: Richard Perkins studied music as a student at Prairie View A&M. In 1968, he and fellow choir members were invited to perform for Rev. Martin Luther King in Memphis, Tennessee, two weeks before his assassination. In his interview, Perkins discussed segregation, the role of music, and a comparison of the black experience in the U.S. and Europe.
Date: June 10, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Perkins, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Peggy Fontenette-Yates, June 10, 2016

Description: Peggy Fontenette Yates was born in Houston in 1946 and grew up in Pleasantville, a historic African American neighborhood of Houston. She discusses her mom's involvement in the community through civic organizations and her brother's experience at the University of Houston as one of the school's first Black students. Ms. Yates also shared her business ventures as she owned and ran Fontenette's Restaurant in the 1970s, and her experience in nursing school and becoming a nurse subsequently. Curren… more
Date: June 10, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Rodriguez, Samantha & Fontenette-Yates, Peggy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Antonio Jimenez, June 10, 2016

Description: Antonio Jimenez was born in Mexico and moved to the U.S. during the 1980s. He worked at Cactus Feeders then Swift, a meat packing plant in Cactus, Texas. While at Swift, Jimenez felt that the United Food & Commercial Workers was not representing the meat packing plant’s workers well. Thus, he and others, inspired by Trini Gamez and Coco Medina, launched a local union that eventually initiated a strike that brought better conditions. He eventually left Swift and the independent local union when … more
Date: June 10, 2016
Duration: 45 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Jimenez, Antonio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ebelardo Lopez, June 10, 2016

Description: Ebelardo “Abe” Lopez was born in La Mesa, Texas to a home mother maker and father who drove large trucks and farmed part time. Once graduating from high school in La Mesa, he was sent by his parents and the farmer his dad worked for to Texas Tech University in Lubbock to sign up for classes. He entered Texas Tech, left to join the military, then returned to finish his degree. Once finishing his degree in history and leaving a graduate program in history, he obtained a job as a probation officer… more
Date: June 10, 2016
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Lopez, Ebelardo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 24, Pages 4125-4354, June 10, 2016

Description: A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: June 10, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Workforce Investment Council Briefing Materials: June 10, 2016

Description: Briefing materials compiled for a meeting of the Texas Workforce Investment Council held June 10, 2016 in room 201 of the Highland Business Center at Austin Community College. The materials include minutes, reports and briefings, upcoming project plans, memorandums to consider, and a presentation from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on career and technical education in the Windham School District.
Date: June 10, 2016
Creator: Texas Workforce Investment Council
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Larry Jackson, June 10, 2016

Description: Mr. Jackson was raised in segregated Hearne, Texas, but spent part of his youth in Los Angeles and Houston, where he was exposed to integration (at least compared to his hometown) and civil rights activism. In Houston, he became involved in SNCC; later, he moved to Austin with the goal of starting a chapter there. Mr. Jackson talks about the breakfast and day care programs he ran as the founder of SNCC in Austin. He also talks about his collaboration with Anglo and Mexican American activists an… more
Date: June 10, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Jackson, Larry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Becky Moeller, June 10, 2016

Description: Interview with Becky Moeller, from Corpus Christi, Texas. In her interview, Moeller gives an overview of the labor movement & her prominent role in it. She covers her early life, working and becoming an union activist, labor unions and segregation, women's rights and gender equality, and the local political environment of Corpus Christi.
Date: June 10, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Moeller, Becky
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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