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Oral History Interview with Gilbert Herrera, July 1, 2016

Description: Gilbert Herrera was born in Lubbock, Texas. His father, a police officer, died on duty. Herrera was raised by a single mother. Having few economic opportunities, as a child he would break into homes to find food. As a teenager, Herrera joined a gang and eventually was jailed or imprisoned three times. He left prison a final time days before his mother died of cancer. During the early 1970s, Herrera began to lead and grow the West Texas Brown Berets. He organized several marches against police b… more
Date: July 1, 2016
Duration: 43 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Herrera, Gilbert
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Oral History Interview with Sheila Patterson Harris and Rose Wilson, July 1, 2016

Description: Rose Wilson was born outside of Waco and moved to Lubbock as a young married adult. She raised her children in the city. Wilson became the first African American women to become president of Lubbock’s NAACP—when she was working as a maid. Because of her work sector, she faced pushback by some community economic elites. Sheila Patterson-Harris was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. Her father is T.J. Patterson-Harris, the first African American City Representative of Lubbock, Texas. She attend… more
Date: July 1, 2016
Duration: 55 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Harris, Sheila Patterson; Wilson, Rose & Wisely, Karen
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Oral History Interview with Billie Caviel, June 30, 2016

Description: Billie Caviel was raised in East Texas, attending all African American Schools. She attended university and pharmacy school at Texas Southern University in Houston. Once graduating, Caviel and her husband, who was also a pharmacist, moved to Lubbock, Texas to work for a Jewish pharmacist because no one else would give them jobs in the state because they were African American. Caviel and her husband later founded their own pharmacy, which they kept open for forty-nine years. Caviel also served a… more
Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 42 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Caviel, Billie & Wisely, Karen
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Oral History Interview with Victor Hernandez, June 30, 2016

Description: Victor Hernandez was born in the Chamizal area of El Paso, Texas. Once the area was bought by the federal government to build the Chamizal National Monument, his family moved the the Lower Valley of El Paso, Texas. While in high school, he was part of the ROTC. Hernandez was salsa part of the ROTC at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he graduated from. Hernandez then went to law school at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He stayed in Lubbock and served in the National Guard—with which … more
Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Hernandez, Victor
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Esther Sepeda, June 29, 2016

Description: Esther Sepeda was born in Buda, Texas and was raised in both Knott, Texas and Hale Center, Texas. She married while in school and left school, living and beginning a family in Hale Center. Afterwords, her family moved to Abernathy, Texas. In Abernathy, Sepeda began working within community services. While in the town, Sepeda and her husband began a building business and eventually moved to Lubbock for that business. In Lubbock, she served as the award winning president of Comerciantes Organizad… more
Date: June 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Sepeda, Esther
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Oral History Interview with Floyd Price, June 29, 2016

Description: Floyd Price was born in Lubbock and grew up in a near by town. Floyd graduated from Dunbar High School in 1959. He received a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Wayland Baptist University in 1976. Floyd is a retired veteran of the Lubbock Police Department where he served for 33 years. He also served in the U.S. Army. Currently he works part-time with the Lubbock County Sheriff's Department.Floyd has always been a public servant, and especially enjoys working wit… more
Date: June 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Price, Floyd
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Daniel Urbina Sanchez, June 28, 2016

Description: Daniel Urbina Sanchez grew up between Lubbock, Texas and Garden City, Kansas. Starting in 1968, Sanchez’s family moved permanently to Lubbock. He graduated from Lubbock High School and Texas Tech University. In the 2000, Sanchez began participating in such organizations as Las Fiestas Del Llano, which is an organization focused on celebrating Mexican national holidays. He is currently an oral historian for Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection. At Texas Tech University, Sanchez became a … more
Date: June 28, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Sanchez, Daniel Urbina
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Oral History Interview with Neal Pearson, June 28, 2016

Description: Neal Pearson was raised in Florida and joined the military during the Korean war. After the war, he worked for the CIA and Department of State. Pearson attended Georgetown University as well as the University of Florida for his graduate degrees in foreign affairs and political science. He obtained his PhD from the University of Florida in political science with a focus on Latin America. He arrived at Texas Tech University in 1969 and belong to various civil rights organizations, including LULAC… more
Date: June 28, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Pearson, Neal
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Oral History Interview with Clyde James, June 27, 2016

Description: Clyde “Chico” James grew up in segregated 1940s and 1970s Lubbock. He later graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He spent time in Mexico City and has lived between Lubbock and Mexico City for several decades. In Lubbock, James has been active in city politics and neighborhood associations. Specifically, James helped start an effort to save a Lubbock magnet school attended by Mexican Americans from destruction by a anti-Mexican school board.
Date: June 27, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & James, Clyde
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Oral History Interview with Maria Strong, June 27, 2016

Description: Maria Strong was born in Nebraska but grew up between Lubbock and California’s Coachella Valley. As a teenager, she left school and became the sole breadwinner for her household made of her parents and siblings. After obtaining her GED and working various jobs, she began to attend Texas Tech University, where she obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She has worked with migrant farm workers (her family was once a migrant family), as a an adviser at South Plains College, and has … more
Date: June 27, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Strong, Maria
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Oral History Interview with Anita Carmona-Harrison, June 24, 2016

Description: Maria Anita Carmona Harrison was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. She grew up in the city’s Guadalupe neighborhood, and she attended an all “Mexican” school before entering integrated schools in Lubbock. After graduating from Lubbock High School, Carmona Harrison earned a degree in elementary education from Texas Tech University —becoming the first Chicana educated entirely in Lubbock public schools to graduate from the university. She taught in several Lubbock schools.
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 55 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Carmona-Harrison, Anita; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Oral History Interview with Emilio Abeyta, June 24, 2016

Description: Emelio E. Abeyta was born in the Santa Rosa, New Mexico area. His family moved to Littlefield for his father’s work. Abeyta began attending Catholic seminary in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then Ohio as a teenager. He served as a priest in various West Texas towns. While serving in Slaton, Texas, Abeyta ran for school board, becoming the first ethnic Mexican school board member and aiding in the integration of the town’s schools. He left the priesthood to work for the Civil Rights Division of the D… more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Abeyta, Emilio; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Olga Aguerro, June 24, 2016

Description: Olga Aguero was born in Wilson, Texas, where she graduated from Wilson High School. After high school, she worked with the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project and federal project. Olga Aguero moved to Lubbock where she began working as a writer and add seller for El Editor newspaper. She married the owner and founder of El Editor, Chicano actavist and Raza Unida Party state representative candidate Bidal Aguero. Olga Aguero also worked for the Texas Tech University Press, became the … more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 49 minutes
Creator: Aguerro, Olga; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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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
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Eric Strong, June 21, 2016

Description: Eric Strong was born in 1952 and raised in Lubbock, Texas. As a child, he grew up in East Lubbock—the African American area of segregated Lubbock. Upon graduating from Dunbar High School, he attended Texas A&M University Prairie View and then obtained a masters degree from Texas Tech University. Strong worked for Texas Tech University and upon retirement began dedicated his life to the preservation and development of East Lubbock. He now helps lead Lubbock’s Roots Historical Arts Council Roots … more
Date: June 21, 2016
Duration: 56 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Strong, Eric
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Maggie Trejo, June 21, 2016

Description: Maggie Trejo was born in Nebraska when her parents were working as migrant farm workers. As a young child her family returned to Lubbock. She grew up in Lubbock and was educated in “white” schools despite being ethnically Mexican. After high school, she married, had a child, and returned to university at Texas Tech University as an adult. Trejo was involved in LULAC and became the first Mexican American City Council Member when Lubbock turned to single member districts.
Date: June 21, 2016
Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Trejo, Maggie
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Rose Wilson and Ron McLaurin, June 21, 2016

Description: Rose Wilson was born outside of Waco and moved to Lubbock as a young married adult. She raised her children in the city. Wilson became the first African American women to become president of Lubbock’s NAACP—when she was working as a maid. Because of her work, she faced push back by some community economic elites. Ron McLaurin moved to Lubbock to attend law school at Texas Tech University. Beforehand, he had obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at San Antonio and had ser… more
Date: June 21, 2016
Duration: 48 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Wilson, Rose & McLaurin, Ron
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with T.J. Patterson, June 21, 2016

Description: T.J. Paterson was born in Waxahachie, Texas and grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas. He went to Bishop College in Marshall, Texas and majored in physical education. He then moved to Lubbock to work for a private school. Upon meeting and marrying his wife, he stayed in Lubbock. Patterson was the first African American elected to the Lubbock City Council and served in that role for two decades.
Date: June 21, 2016
Duration: 45 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Patterson, T.J.
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Oral History Interview with Gilbert Flores, June 20, 2016

Description: Gilbert A. Flores grew up in Slaton, Texas where he attended a segregated “Mexican School” and then a integrated school where he faced abuse and discrimination alongside other Mexican American children. Upon graduating from high school, he moved to Lubbock and began to work in various jobs until he opened up his own successful auto-parts store during the early 1970s. In 1993 he became the second Mexican American to be elected into the Lubbock County Commissioner’s Court.
Date: June 20, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Flores, Gilbert & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jessie Rangel

Description: Jessie Rangel was born in Big Lake, Texas. After working in Lubbock, Texas and Albuquerque, New Mexico, he joined the Marine Core during the 1960s. He saw action in Vietnam, and upon returning to Lubbock, enrolled in Texas Tech University. At Texas Tech University, he was part of MEChA and the larger Chicano Movement. Rangel graduated with a degree in political science. After graduation, he obtain an administration job at Texas Tech University and continued participating in social justice move… more
Date: June 20, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Rangel, Jessie
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Oral History Interview with Frank, Gutierrez, June 18, 2016

Description: Frank Gutierrez grew up in Lubbock, Texas and graduated from Lubbock High School. He then joined the military and served in Vietnam. Upon returning, he enrolled in Texas Tech University. He has served in various non-profits and a charter school. He has ran for various local political offices.
Date: June 18, 2016
Duration: 45 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Gutierrez, Frank; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Robin Green, June 17, 2016

Description: Robin Green was born and Raised in Clarendon, Texas. He attended McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. Afterward, he attended law school at Texas Tech University. He worked shortly as a prosecutor in Amarillo and later had a long career in Amarillo as a civil rights lawyer. He now practices law in Lubbock, Texas.
Date: June 17, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Green, Robin
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Vilsen Salinas, June 15, 2016

Description: Vilsen Salinas was born and raised outside Lubbock, Texas. After graduating from Texas Tech University, Salinas joined the military and saw action in Vietnam. In Vietnam he suffered injuries and was exposed to Agent Orange. When returning to the U.S., Salinas held various professional jobs and eventually entered and graduated from George Washington University’s law school. He then began to practice law in Lubbock, Texas.
Date: June 15, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Salinas, Vilsen
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Christy Martinez-Garcia, June 14, 2016

Description: Christy Martinez-Garcia was born and raised in Lubbock. She attended Lubbock High School, Lamar University, and completed her degree at Texas Tech University. After college, Martinez-Garcia worked for the Lubbock city government and then for the National Council of La Raza in Washington D.C. Upon her return to Lubbock, Martinez-Garcia sought to counter the local media narrative that mostly only depicted Hispanics as criminals or only immigrants. Thus, she founded the magazine, Latino Lubbock. S… more
Date: June 14, 2016
Duration: 49 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Martinez-Garcia, Christy
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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