Oral History Interview with Gethrel Williams, June 29, 2016
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Gethrel Williams was from Beaumont, Texas. She was a long time civil rights and labor activist.
During her time working for the U.S. Postal Service, she became a leader in in the American Postal Workers Union, both locally and nationally. In 2007, she was elected to the Beaumont City Council as Council-member-at-Large. In her interview, she discussed her efforts to desegregate public accommodations, her participation in the labor movement, and her work as a public, elected official. She d…
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Date:
June 29, 2016
Duration:
1 hour 35 minutes 32 seconds
Creator:
Bobadilla, Eladio & Williams, Gethrel
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TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library