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

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Moore, Edward D. & Bynum, Katherine
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Sydney Eloyce Green, June 17, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Green, Sydney Eloyce & Bynum, Katherine
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Betty Joyce Bivens, June 13, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Bivens, Betty Joyce & Robles, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Estrus Tucker, June 12, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Tucker, Estrus & Moye, Todd
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ricardo Medrano, June 13, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Medrano, Ricardo; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Daniel Acevedo, June 29, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 47 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Acevedo, Daniel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mildred Davis, July 6, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Davis, Mildred & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jimmie Poindexter, July 9, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Poindexter, Jimmie & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: Ramirez, Jesus & Bynum, Katherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Joreen Waddell, July 10, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Waddell, Joreen & Bynum, Katherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Cedrick Granberry, June 24, 2015

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 01 second
Creator: Granberry, Cedirck; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Dulaney, W. Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ruben Rosales, June 23, 2015

Description: Interview with Ruben Rosales from Pharr, TX. In the interview, Rosales discusses his childhood, military service, experiences with segregation and discrimination, the Pharr riot of 1971 and its' aftermath, police brutality, the Chicano movement, and politics.
Date: June 23, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 01 second
Creator: Rosales, Ruben; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Richard Gonzales, June 11, 2015

Description: Interview with Richard Gonzales, a journalist from Arlington, Texas. In his interview, Gonzales discusses his early life, his education, student activism, founding the Association of Mexican American Students at UT Arlington, and his political activism and advocacy for Mexican-Americans.
Date: June 11, 2015
Duration: 51 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Gonzales, Richard; Enriquez, Sandra; Krochmal, Max & Robles, David
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alejandro Perez, July 14, 2016

Description: Perez talked about his life as a migrant worker and working in a cannery. Supporting the walkouts in Uvalde was his first political march. He also participated in voter registration drives at Texas A&I. Mr. Perez also discusses his time working with the La Raza Unida Party in Crystal City.
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Perez, Alejandro
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Benita and Evaristo Albarado, July 14, 2016

Description: Evaristo and Benita Albarado talked about the events surrounding the massacre at El Porvenir Ranch (Presidio County) in 1918, when a group of soldiers and Texas Rangers rounded up and shot Mexican American men who lived and worked at Porvenir. The father of Ms. Benita Albarado was a witness of the events, but did not talk about them until late in his life; his testimony motivated the Albarados to research and document the events surrounding the massacre. In addition to sharing the fruits of the… more
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Albarado, Benita; Albarado, Evaristo; Sinta, Vincio & Arionus, Steve
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Chris Reyes Mendeke, July 15, 2016

Description: Cresencia Reyes Mendeke ("Chris") was born in the late 20s and raised in Uvalde during the Great Depression. In her interview, she talked about the strict segregation in the town during those years. She attended a "Mexican school" for her early education, and recalled the neglect and disinterest in educating the Mexican American children. She also talked about her father's role as a benefactor in their neighborhood, and of his relationship with a prominent family of Anglo business owners. After… more
Date: July 15, 2016
Duration: 3 hours 35 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Mendeke, Chris Reyes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mario Cruz, July 14, 2016

Description: Mario spoke about growing up in La Pryor, Texas. He remembered his dad working in the Blewett mines near Uvalde; he talks a bit about the culture there because it was a company town. He talked about the discrimination his father felt in the mines and how his dad organized for union representation in the mine. His family moved to Uvalde in the 1950s. He talked about the segregated schooling in Uvalde--separate schools for ethnic Mexicans and African Americans. He talked about the reprimands he w… more
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Cruz, Mario & Arionus, Steve
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gilberto Torres, July 6, 2016

Description: Gilberto Torres grew up around Uvalde and the Winter Garden area. He recalled different instances of discrimination against people of Mexican descent, particular in school settings. Torres had a long career in the military and a prolonged tenure in the Uvalde County Commissioner's Court. He reminisced about his contentious relationship with other members of the court, and the sometimes heated exchanges between them.
Date: July 6, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Torres, Gilberto
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Rita Wiltz, July 30, 2016

Description: Mrs. Wiltz grew up in the community of Tamina which was founded as a Freedmen's Settlement in the late 1800s. She described some history, race relations, gentrification, infrastructure inequality and changes over time in Tamina. Wiltz currently runs multiple community organizations that provide services to residents in Tamina and the surrounding areas. Wiltz runs a community center in Tamina and the non-profit organization Children's Books on Wheels.
Date: July 30, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: May, Meredith; Howard, Jasmin & Wiltz, Rita
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Joe Morales on July 29, 2016.

Description: Mr. Morales started the first newspaper for Latinas/os in Fort Bend County in 1975. He spent a lot of his life in Corpus Christie, but moved to Houston and then Rosenberg. He mentioned labor unions, experiencing discrimination, and the transitioning of neighborhoods from predominantly White with some Latinas/os to more people of color.
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle & Morales, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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