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Oral History Interview with John "Bunchy" Crear, June 6, 2016

John "Bunchy" Crear was born in 1952. He grew up in Pleasantville, a predominately African American neighborhood in Houston, TX. After spending a few years in Los Angeles, California, he returned to Houston and joined the People's Party II. He discusses People's Party II's community programing and the Dowling Shootout, the Rainbow Coalition, and his later involvement in the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California. Crear also talks about the differences in racial discrimination in California … more

Date: June 6, 2016

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 24 seconds

Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Crear, John

Item Type: Video

Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

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Oral History Interview with Gloria Rubac on June 6, 2016.

Gloria Rubac was born in Oklahoma, TX. in 1946. After witnessing racial discrimination in Oklahoma throughout her youth, Rubac traveled to Houston in 1968 to teach in the Northforest School District. She became involved in the John Brown Revolutionary League, a radical white youth organization that was a part of a Rainbow Coalition with the People's Party II. Wanting to become more active in supporting Brown and Black organizations, Rubac joined the Huelga School movement as a teacher and prote… more

Date: June 6, 2016

Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 06 seconds

Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Rubac, Gloria