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Oral History Interview with Dallas Willis, July 29, 2016

Description: Dallas “Dally” Willis was born in 1920 in Dallas, Texas but grew up in Cleburne, Texas, raised by a single mother of seven children after his father abandoned the family. Willis attended high school in Cleburne and joined the Marine Corps in 1941. In the Marine Corps, Willis worked as an aerial photographer mapping the Pacific territories controlled by Japan. Upon returning to Cleburne, Willis worked for Southwestern Bail and joined the Communication Workers of America union. He moved to Midlan… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 36 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Willis, Dallas
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with David Baker, July 29, 2018

Description: David K. Baker was born in 1951 In Mckamy, Texas. He graduated from high school in 1969 and then worked for a few months in the oil fields of West Texas. Baker then worked for Southwestern Bell, beginning in October of 1969, and soon joined the Communication Workers of America union. He worked for Southwestern Bell until 2002 and then returned (now to AT&T until 2010). Baker was drafted in 1971 into the Vietnam War. Baker moved to Odessa, Texas in 1980 and then became part of the union’s execut… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 39 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Baker, David; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Rubye Jones and Julia Williams, June 30, 2015

Description: Interview with Rubye Jones and Julia Williams, from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Jones and Williams discuss their family backgrounds, higher education at Bishop and Wiley Colleges, experiences with racial discrimination, and their involvement with the Civil Rights Movement. Ms. Jones's uncle Romeo Williams, was a prominent African-American civil rights attorney in Marshall who was killed in an accident in 1960.
Date: June 30, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Jones, Rubye; Williams, Julia; Bynum, Katherine & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
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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 Isabel Jimenez, July 22, 2016

Description: Isabel Jimenez was born in 1953 in Slanton, Texas. Her family moved to Midland, Texas and she attended De Zavala Elementary (the “Mexican” school), Austin Junior High, and graduated from Midland High School in 1971. Jimenez attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas for one year, then Midland College, and the University of Texas—Permian Basin, which she eventually graduated from in 1987 with a degree in Spanish. Beginning in 1976, Jimenez worked for Southwest Bell. She joined LULAC in the 1970s … more
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Jimenez, Isabel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Becky Moeller, June 10, 2016

Description: Interview with Becky Moeller, from Corpus Christi, Texas. In her interview, Moeller gives an overview of the labor movement & her prominent role in it. She covers her early life, working and becoming an union activist, labor unions and segregation, women's rights and gender equality, and the local political environment of Corpus Christi.
Date: June 10, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Moeller, Becky
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Irene Favila, June 30, 2016

Description: Irene Favila was raised in Lockney, Texas. As a child and teenager, Favila’s family would migrate to Kansas and Colorado during the summers to work in agricultural fields. After graduating from high school, Favila did not attend college—being discouraged by school officials—and entered the workforce. She then entered court reporting school in Plainview, Texas and worked as a court reporter in Amarillo, Texas—perhaps becoming the first Mexican American court reporter in the Texas Panhandle. Favi… more
Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Favila, Irene & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mike Espinoza, June 14, 2016

Description: Michael "Mike" Espinoza was born in 1979 in the East End, a Mexican American enclave in Houston, TX. He grew up experiencing homelessness and having to join a gang in order to survive in his neighborhood. Having gained the assistance of the Ripley House on Navigation and the intervention of his parents, Espinosa would go on to attend Franklin Marshall College where he would develop a racial and political consciousness. He talked about how he would become involved in the Unviersity of Houston Mo… more
Date: June 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Espinoza, Mike
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Randle, July 26, 2016

Description: Randle described growing up in rural Texas, segregation, integration, and the challenges of growing up working class and black, as well as the ways in which he overcame the odds to become a prominent and educated official in the region.
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Randle, Thomas
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Carlos Marentes, July 15, 2015

Description: Interview with Carlos Marentes, a farm labor organizer and farm worker advocate from the Juarez-El Paso border region. He founded the Border Agricultural Workers Project and participates in local, state, and national organizations dealing with inequality and climate change. In his interview, Marentes discusses his early life and activism.
Date: July 15, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Marentes, Carlos
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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