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Lamar Institute of Technology Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2016 and 2017

Description: Report submitted by Lamar Institute of Technology to the Texas 84th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and supporting documentation.
Date: 2014
Creator: Lamar Institute of Technology
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Cynthia Parra, June 21, 2016

Description: Cynthia Parra discussed her upbringing, her navigation of identity, and her work with the Hispanic community in Beaumont, TX. She is Assistant Director for the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at Lamar University.
Date: June 21, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadillo, Eladio & Parra, Cynthia
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

Celeste Williams

Description: This article is a short biography of Celeste Williams, the first female sports editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: November 13, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Alex; Gutierrez, Tony & O'Hanlon, Adrian
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism

Oral History Interview with Celeste Williams, November 13, 2014

Description: Interview with Celeste Williams, the first female sports editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The interview includes discussion of her days as sports editor of her eighth-grade yearbook, working for several different newspapers in different cities, and finally ending up at the Star-Telegram.
Date: November 13, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Alex; Gutierrez, Tony; O'Hanlon, Adrian & Williams, Celeste
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Noyola on June 15, 2016.

Description: Discussed his working-class family background, the educational and social barriers to social mobility for Hispanics in the area, and the importance of being active in civil rights struggles.
Date: June 15, 2016
Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Noyola, Thomas
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Sam Monroe, June 30, 2016

Description: Mr. Monroe discussed his upbringing in a segregated Port Arthur, his father's work to desegregate the city and the local college, and his own work to improve the conditions of minorities and disadvantaged students.
Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Monroe, Sam
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gethrel Williams, June 29, 2016

Description: 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… more
Date: June 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Bobadilla, Eladio & Williams, Gethrel
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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