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Oral History Interview with Perri McCary, July 28, 2016

Perri "P.K." McCary was born in 1953 in Texarkana. She grew-up in a ethnically diverse community in Alamo Garden, New Mexico and later lived near Prairie View A&M University when her father obtained a teaching position in the Industrial Education Department. McCary's parents gave her the tools to resist discrimination by exhibiting a strong sense of self and for confronting racist acts in front of her. She would opt to attend Jack Yates High School when her family moved to Houston because of th… more

Date: July 28, 2016

Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 56 seconds

Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & McCary, Perri

Item Type: Video

Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

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Oral History Interview with Kelton D. Sams on July 8, 2016.

Kelton Sams Jr. was born in Galveston in 1943. He grew up on 43rd Street close to the Palm Terrace Housing Projects North of Broadway, mostly an African American area. He attended Central High School, the historic Black School. During spring break of junior year at Central, he led a sit-in at different lunch counters on the Island. This demonstration led to the desegregation of restaurants in Galveston. Following the sit-ins, Sams led other efforts on the Island including the desegregation of a… more

Date: July 8, 2016

Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 33 seconds

Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Sams, Kelton D.