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Oral History Interview with Jean Wilkins-Dember, June 23, 2016

Description: Jean Wilkins-Dember, referred to as Mother Dember, was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York. After becoming involved in police brutality work and racial equality efforts in New York, she would move to the historic African American neighborhood of Third Ward in Houston, TX. She talks about her involvement in multicultural organizing and the psychological affects of racial oppression. Dember has participated for many years in the National Black United Front and SHAPE Community Center's Elder Instit… more
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Wilkins-Dember, Jean
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Fernando Ramirez on June 23, 2016.

Description: Fernando Ramirez is an activist, advocate, and media professional for the Hispanic community in Port Arthur, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his personal history, and poverty, race relations, and minority struggles in the Triangle region of Texas.
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle & Ramirez, Fernando
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Darnell Hooper, June 23, 2016

Description: David Donell Hooper was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. He went to segregated schools and was in junior high when Lubbock’s schools were integrated. Hooper witnessed when Willie Ray Collier (an African American student) was shot and killed September 9, 1970 at the historically African American Dunbar High School by Jeff Carve (a white student). Hooper also remembered the riots that followed, the police oppression enacted upon Lubbock’s African American community, and the visitation of the Bl… more
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Hooper, Darnell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Tony Diaz, June 23, 2016

Description: Tony Diaz is a former assistant superintendent of the Corpus Christi Independent School District and was elected to the Corpus Christi school board in 2014. In his interview, Mr. Diaz gives an overview of personal history of childhood in the Valley and educational career in Corpus Christi. He and his wife Bessie remain active in the Corpus Christi area as education advocates.
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Diaz, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with S'ydney Benemon, June 23, 2016

Description: Ms. Benemon was born and raised in Lufkin, Texas. She attended segregated schools in Lufkin until the schools integrated in 1970, her senior year. Ms. Benemon went on to work for the Lufkin State School for decades before retiring in 2016. During her interview, Ms. Benemon provided information about the community of North Lufkin when she was growing up. Ms. Benemon also described businesses and people that were prominent in the North Lufkin community. Further, Ms. Benemon described the many con… more
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Benemon, S'ydney & Howard, Jasmin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Auerlio Montemayor on June 23, 2016

Description: Mr. Montemayor was adopted by the Montemayor family in Laredo; his family was heavily involved in community affairs and Mexican American activism. His adoptive mother, Alicia Dickerson Montemayor, was elected vice president general of LULAC. After attending college in St. Edward's University in Austin, Mr. Montemayor worked as a teacher in Del Rio, where he became involved in Chicano activism. He was a central player in the events that led to the march in Del Rio, and later taught at walkout s… more
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Montemayor, Aurelio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

[Letter from Tiffany Osburn to Reginald Moore, June 23, 2016]

Description: Letter from Tiffany Osburn to Reginald Moore discussing the Texas Historical Commission's Archeology Division's "feasibility study to determine the potential applicability of this remote sensing technology for future use for grave prospection at the Old Imperial Farm" in Sugar Land, Texas. The study is included with the letter.
Date: June 23, 2016
Creator: Osburn, Tiffany
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center
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