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Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016

Description: Interview with Louis Romero Jr., who carried on the Mexican food business and Tortilla Factory started by his grandmother, Delphina Torres, in Kerrville. The interview discusses his family history, upbringing, the development of Torres, a Mexican restaurant, his grandmother's sending canned tamales to World War II troops, military service, and family. Photographs and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date: November 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 56 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Romero, Louis, Jr.
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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[Final highlights video, version 2]

Description: Video of interviews and footage of practice and preparation for the musical, "Tina - Against All Odds," produced by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters as part of the 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute.
Date: September 22, 2016
Duration: 18 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Latte Media Group
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Day 12 highlights]

Description: Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 21, 2016.
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: Latte Media Group
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Eloy Barrera, July 22, 2016

Description: Mr. Barrera grew up in and around Del Rio, Texas. His father was a sheep sheerer. Barrera talked about the importance of education to his parents and learning "proper" Spanish. He also talked about the San Felipe barrio and the schools. Later he moved out of the barrio into a more mixed community. He talked about the disparity in sporting equipment between Del Rio ISD & San Felipe. He also talked about teaching drama in Del Rio, the march in 1969, and the impact of school consolidation in 197… more
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Barrera, Eloy
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Juan Tejeda, June 22, 2016

Description: Juan Tejeda is the co-founder and producer of the Guadalupe Cultural Center's annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio. In his interview he discusses, growing up on the Southside of San Antonio, Mexican American Studies, and educational equality.
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Tejeda, Juan
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Joe Ortiz on June 22, 2016.

Description: A lengthy discussion of CC's troubled history and his role as GI Forum Commander.
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Ortiz, Joe
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Huey Dorn, July 22, 2016

Description: Mr. Dorn discussed growing up in Corpus Christi and his career as an NAACP investigator and steelworker.
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Dorn, Huey
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mary Jo O'Rear on July 22, 2016.

Description: Discussed growing up during Jim Crow in Louisiana, and her career as a teacher and local historian.
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & O'Rear, Mary Jo
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Elwyn Lee, June 22, 2016

Description: Elwin Lee was born in Virgina and was raised in Third Ward, a historic African American neighborhood in Houston, TX. He talks about segregation in Houston, the vibrancy of Third Ward, and the Texas Southern University "riot." Lee also discusses how he went to Yale Law School and returned to Houston to become the first African American tenured at the University of Houston Law School. After serving as the director of African American Studies for a couple of years and reviving the program, Lee bui… more
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Lee, Elwyn
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Priscilla Graham, June 22, 2016

Description: Priscilla Graham was born in Georgia in 1968. During her childhood, schools were integrated in Georgia, where she experiences protection from both Black and White teachers. Ms. Graham joined the military where she experiences sexism. She attends TSU where she received her degree in accounting. In Houston, Ms. Graham becomes involved at the YMCA across Harris County, working at several branches. She became the executive director of the Houston Texans YMCA in Sunnyside. Ms. Graham has also been i… more
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 30 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Graham, Priscilla
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jesse Shead, July 22, 2016

Description: Jesse Shead was born in 1947 in East Austin, a segregated African American neighborhood with thriving businesses. He grew-up going to African American schools, such as Campbell Elementary and Kealing Junior High, and experienced a middle-class lifestyle in his ethnic enclave. Shead went to Anderson High School before its closure and and reopening as an integrate school in 1971. After attending Huston-Tillotson University in Austin for two years, he was employed for the Humble Oil and Refinery C… more
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Shead, Jesse
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ruby Rodgers Dorsey, July 22, 2016

Description: Ruby Rodgers Dorsey discussed growing up in rural Kendleton when it was an all-black community, her education, her views on what was gained and lost by integration, and her work as a teacher and school board member.
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 52 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Bobadilla, Eladio & Rodgers, Ruby Dorsey
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Terry Mena, June 22, 2016

Description: Mena discussed his family history, trajectory from Florida to New York to Beaumont, TX, and his rough upbringing (gangs, discrimination), and other topics.
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 52 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Mena, Terry
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jimmie Shaw on July 22, 2016.

Description: Ms. Shaw was born and raised in Willis, Texas. Shaw described her experiences with racism and Jim Crow discrimination. Shaw discussed one surprising impact of racism in Willis, she was fearful of Halloween. During Halloween in Willis, white youth would throw things at Ms. Shaw's house. A great aunt of Shaw was able to live in the white part of Willis while a uncle of Shaw became the first Black person to vote in the Willis/Conroe area. The first time he was able to vote was when he was elderly … more
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmine & Shaw , Jimmie
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mary Tolbert, July 22, 2016

Description: Mrs. Tolbert was born in 1943 in Cleveland. Tolbert grew up in Houston until she moved to Conroe in the 4th grade. Tolbert attended school in Bordersville while living in Houston. In Bordersville the neighborhood was integrated with a Mexican American and African American population. Tolbert graduated from Booker T. Washington in Conroe. She began working for law enforcement in 1984 after a few years of attempting. Tolbert experienced and witnessed explicit discrimination, racism, and sexism wh… more
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmine & Tolbert, Mary
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Iris Lawrence, June 22, 2016

Description: Iris Lawrence was born and raised in the North Heights neighborhood of Amarillo, Texas. She attended African American universities, including Howard University, and earned a master’s degree in English. While in college, Lawrence also participated in attempting to integrate Amarillo while on school breaks. Upon returning to Amarillo after living in various places like Austin, Texas, Lawrence worked for the state’s comptrollers office and served as the president of the NAACP.
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Lawrence, Iris
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
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alphonso Vaughn, June 22, 2016

Description: Alphonso Vaughn was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. He lived through the integration of local schools as a high school student. From Amarillo, he entered the military and then attending the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas. Upon his return to Amarillo, Vaughn helped start the city’s Juneteenth Celebration along with various civil rights and cultural organizations. He served five, two year terms as president of Amarillo’s NAACP. Since then, he has served as a Potter County … more
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 01 second
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Vaughn, Alphonso
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Luis Sanchez, July 22, 2016

Description: Luis D. Sánchez was born in Midland, Texas in 1978. His parents originated from the Ojinaga area of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Sánchez grew up in majority-minority, south Midland. He attended Travis Elementary, Long Elementary, Alamo Junior High, and Midland High School. After high school, Sánchez obtained his associates degree, while working two jobs, in government from Midland College in 2000. In 2002 he obtained his bachelors in political since from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Tex… more
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Sanchez, Luis
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Claudia Stravato and Seldon Hale, June 22, 2016

Description: Claudia Stravato was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She attended a mostly Mexican American high school in Downtown Dallas and then graduate with a BA and MA in political science from West Texas A&M University (then West Texas State University). She has been a lifelong advocate for voting rights and women’s health rights. She served as CEO of the Amarillo Planned Parenthood from 1999 to 2009. She has worked in numerous political campaigns at the state and local levels and various government a… more
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel; Stravato, Claudia & Hale, Seldon
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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