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Oral History Interview with Thomas Randle, July 26, 2016

Description: Randle described growing up in rural Texas, segregation, integration, and the challenges of growing up working class and black, as well as the ways in which he overcame the odds to become a prominent and educated official in the region.
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Randle, Thomas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Raphael Montgomery on July 26, 2018.

Description: Raphael Montgomery was born in 1973 in Baytown. He came of age in the African-American Cedar Bayou neighborhood where there was a vibrant African-American business community and residents created a village setting. His parents raised him with the idea that he had to work harder and smarter due to racial discrimination. After graduating from Ross S. Sterling High School, Montgomery attended Prairie View A&M briefly before enrolling at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. At Fisk University, … more
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 01 second
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra & Montgomery, Raphael
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Sam Collins, July 26, 2016

Description: Samuel Collins was born in Galveston, Texas in 1971. He grew up in Hitchcock with his mother and grandparents, and spent time in Galveston with his father's family. He grew up in a predominantly African American community but attended the integrated schools. He attended Texas A&M University. After he graduated, he moved to Corpus Christi in 1995 but quickly returned to Houston in 1996. In 2012 he decided to become his own boss and opened his own business. In 2005, Collins and his wife purchased… more
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Collins, Sam & Enriquez, Sandra
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Calvin Vinson, July 26, 2016

Description: Mr. Vinson was born in Montgomery, Texas and raised in Conroe. He attended Booker T. Washington school and Conroe High, participating in football at both schools. After graduation, he went to work in Houston for a utility company. He returned to Conroe and became very active in political campaigns and community organizations. In his interview, Mr. Vinson described segregation in Conroe, a march in 1968, integration of schools, experiences playing football, discrimination at work, political acti… more
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: May, Meredith & Vinson, Calvin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Wanda Harris, July 26, 2016

Description: Ms. Harris grew up in the rural outskirts of Conroe, Texas. Ms. Harris discussed the importance of sports, mainly football, in the lives of folks in Conroe. Having attended both segregated and integrated schools in Conroe, Ms. Harris discussed some differences in the experiences. Ms. Harris had a younger brother that was on the football team that threatened to strike in order to improve the representation of Black women on the cheer leading squad in the 1970s. Ms. Harris also discussed how soci… more
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 57 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmine; May, Meredith & Harris, Wanda
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Felipa Lara, July 26, 2016

Description: Felipa Lara was born in Pecos Texas in 1946. In Pecos, she went to East Pecos Junior High and Pecos High School. All her schooling up to high school was within segregated schools. Lara married at seventeen and moved to Midland in 1962. In Midland, Felipa worked for the school district, particularly in the district’s migrant program. When LULAC was founded in Midland (1985), Lara joined the group as LULAC sued for single member districts at the county, city, school board, and college board level… more
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Lara, Felipa
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Rachel Stone, July 26, 2016

Description: Rachel Stone, the daughter of Felipa Lara, was born and raised in Midland, Texas. She attended Travis Elementary in the city’s minority majority south side, Alamo Junior High, and graduated from Midland High School in 1984. After high school, Stone worked for the FDIC and then began to work for the Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, where she has been for twenty-four years; she is now the CEO/Director of the chamber. Stone has also served on committees for Midland Independent School District. more
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 50 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Stone, Rachel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Robert Green, July 26, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert V. Green. He was born in Missouri in 1920. After high school, he attended Northwestern University at night while working as a bell hop at the Palmer House in Chicago. In June 1942, he entered flight training and learned to fly B-17s and B-29s. He was assigned to the 3rd Photographic Recon Squadron and flew over Hiroshima after the war. He also relates his experience of flying into a typhoon to record weather condition… more
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Green, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Green, July 26, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert V. Green. He was born in Missouri in 1920. After high school, he attended Northwestern University at night while working as a bell hop at the Palmer House in Chicago. In June 1942, he entered flight training and learned to fly B-17s and B-29s. He was assigned to the 3rd Photographic Recon Squadron and flew over Hiroshima after the war. He also relates his experience of flying into a typhoon to record weather condition… more
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Green, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Torah Pointers in Temple Israel display case]

Description: Photo of several 'Torah Pointers' in a display case at the Temple Israel synagogue. A note next to them reads "Torah Pointers; The pointer, or yad (meaning "hand"), serves to follow the reading of the Torah text without touching it with bare hands. Pointers are commonly made out of wood, ivory, and metals like silver." The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27… more
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.137924 -81.643938
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tour leader speaking at First Christian Church]

Description: Photo of the tour leader for the First Christian Church in Kent, Ohio. She is standing at the entrance to the library and attendees are scattered around inside listening to her. One attendees is Susan Spoonas (pattern shirt). The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference that was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.154145 -81.361812
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Temple Israel exterior]

Description: Photo of the exterior of Temple Israel in Akron, Ohio. On the side of the building is a layered-metal piece with Hebrew writing on top, possibly reading "Shaddai", which was a name for God in the Torah. The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.137924 -81.643938
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Five attendees on Stow library tour]

Description: Photo of attendees during the tour of the Stow Presbyterian Church library. They are standing in front of bookcases; two are holding folders and the one in the middle is holding a small box. There is also a small statue of two children with a book on one of the shelves. The tour was a part of the 49th annual CSLA conference that was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016. Tours were held the day before the official conference began.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.167685 -81.406869
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Joyce Knight in front of shelves on library tour]

Description: Photo of Joyce Knight leading a tour of the Stow Presbyterian Church library as a part of the 49th annual CSLA conference that was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016. Tours were held the day before the official conference began. On the shelves behind her three books titled, "Faith and Our Founding Fathers", "The Christian History of the Constitution", and "The Printer and the Preacher" are displayed with little american flags.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.167685 -81.406869
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Temple Israel twelve tribes display]

Description: Photo of a decorative display of the twelve tribes of Israel at the Temple Israel in Akron, Ohio. Each one is a metallic square with carved images that correspond to the symbols of each individual tribe. The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.137924 -81.643938
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tour attendees in Temple Israel]

Description: Photo of the tour attendees gathered at one end of a walled off area inside of the Temple Israel synagogue. There are four chairs arranged in the area against the wall and stained glass windows are above the area. The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.137924 -81.643938
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Trauernicht, Pockrass on Stow library tour]

Description: Photo of Marcia Trauernicht, an unidentified person, and Evelyn Pockrass during the tour of the Stow Presbyterian Church library. They are gathered in front of the entrance and a bookcase. The tour was led by Joyce Knight as a part of the 49th annual CSLA conference that was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016. Tours were held the day before the official conference began.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.167685 -81.406869
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Temple Israel synagogue]

Description: Photo of the interior of the Temple Israel synagogue. There are rows of seats facing the front of the room where the rabbi would stand at the podium. There is a piano to the side and stained glass windows along the exterior wall. The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.137924 -81.643938
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Attendees having lunch at Kent UMC]

Description: Photo of the attendees during lunch at the United Methodist Church gymnasium in Kent, Ohio. Some are seated around tables in blue chairs while others are standing by the food table. The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.154796 -81.337441
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Attendees in Kent UMC library]

Description: Photo of attendees at the United Methodist Church library in Kent, Ohio. Three are standing in the center of the room while another stands to the side and flips through a book. The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.154796 -81.337441
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Attendees leaving room]

Description: Photo of attendees leaving the room where they viewed posters used to promote the First Christian Church library in Kent, Ohio. Each one is themed and are laid out on folding tables. The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.154145 -81.361812
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Attendees entering Temple Israel library]

Description: Photo of attendees entering the library at the Temple Israel synagogue. The front wall is made entirely out of glass. The location was a part of the tours taken the day before the official conference began. It was the 49th annual CSLA conference and was held at Kent State University from June 27-29 in 2016.
Date: July 26, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.137924 -81.643938
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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