Oral History Interview with Cornelia Harris Banks, July 6, 2016

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Cornelia Harris Banks was born in Galveston in 1947.She grew up in a neighborhood on the South of Broadway, which was a mixed neighborhood. Harris Banks witnessed segregated public spaces on the Island and the integration of schools in the 1960s. She graduated from high school in 1965 and attended Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, where she remained until 1996. Upon her return to Galveston in the late 1990s, she became very involved in the community. Subsequently, Harris Banks became the first African American Woman City Council member on the Island in 2000. During her tenure, she became involved in … continued below

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Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Banks, Cornelia Harris July 6, 2016.

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Cornelia Harris Banks was born in Galveston in 1947.She grew up in a neighborhood on the South of Broadway, which was a mixed neighborhood. Harris Banks witnessed segregated public spaces on the Island and the integration of schools in the 1960s. She graduated from high school in 1965 and attended Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, where she remained until 1996. Upon her return to Galveston in the late 1990s, she became very involved in the community. Subsequently, Harris Banks became the first African American Woman City Council member on the Island in 2000. During her tenure, she became involved in housing efforts (which she continues to work on in present day), in creating parks and recreation spaces, and revitalizing Galveston in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in 2008. Harris Banks is also involved in the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and in local preservation efforts that highlight the history of African Americans in Galveston.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Harris_Banks_Cornelia
  • URL: https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-cornelia-harris-banks External Link
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth987489

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Civil Rights in Black and Brown

Based at TCU, the Civil Rights in Black and Brown (CRBB) Oral History Project collects, interprets, and disseminates oral history interviews of the brown and black freedom struggles in Texas.

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  • July 6, 2016

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  • Nov. 6, 2024, 2:02 a.m.

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Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Banks, Cornelia Harris. Oral History Interview with Cornelia Harris Banks, July 6, 2016, video, July 6, 2016; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987489/: accessed December 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library.

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