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Oral History Interview with James Grays, July 28, 2016

Mr. Grays was born in Dayton in 1947. Grays grew up in the Low-Woods community of Dayton. Grays mentioned a time when the church vehicle was stranded and they were not allowed in an establishment to call for aid in the late 1950s. Grays attended Prairie View and graduated in 1969. Grays then taught for a year in Port Arthur teaching drafting. Grays had some difficulty with promotions and training in the workplace as a drafter and plant/piping designer.

Date: July 28, 2016

Duration: 59 minutes 31 seconds

Creator: Howard, Jasmin & Grays, James

Item Type: Video

Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

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Oral History Interview with Gloria McGuire, July 28, 2016

Gloria McGuire was born and raised in Marathon, a town in Brewster Co., Texas (north of Alpine). She recalled her hometown as a highly segregated community, with a lost of hostility against people of Mexican descent. Her father, an immigrant from Mexico, founded a Mutualist association in Marathon and was involved in several initiatives to protect the community from the worst of discrimination. She recounted that many young Mexican Americans abandoned their studies due to neglect/mistreatment, … more

Date: July 28, 2016

Duration: 48 minutes 11 seconds

Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & McGuire, Gloria