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Oral History Interview with Katherlene Onic, June 23, 2015

Description: Interview with Katherlene Onic, a nurse from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Onic discusses her family background, education, experiences with discrimination, activism at Wiley College, labor unions, the NAACP, and race relations.
Date: June 23, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Onic, Katherlene; Dulaney, Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with James Harrison, July 23, 2015

Description: Interview with James Harrison, a civil rights activist from Huntsville, Texas. In the interview, Harrison discusses his early life, education, Jim Crow segregation, and his work in the civil rights movement.
Date: July 23, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Harrison, James & Bynum, Katherine
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with John Wilborn, June 25, 2015

Description: Interview with John Wilborn, an educator from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Wilborn discusses his early life, growing up under Jim Crow segregation, community activism, attending college, military service, school integration, and becoming involved in local politics in Marshall.
Date: June 23, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Wilborn, John; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Dulaney, Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Halcyon Watkins, July 23, 2015

Description: Interview with Halcyon Watkins, a veterinarian from Prairie View, Texas. In her interview, Watkins discusses her family background, and her education at St. Frances de Sales School in Virginia, a Catholic boarding school for African American girls. She also discusses her education at Texas Southern University and Tuskegee University. While a student at TSU, Watkins participated in lunch counter and bus station sit-ins in Houston.
Date: July 23, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Watkins, Halcyon & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 7, 2015 (Part 1)

Description: Interview with Salvador Balcorta, the CEO of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe clinic in El Paso. Mr. Balcorta discusses his family background and education, and the founding of the La Fe clinic. This is the first of two interviews Mr. Balcorta participated in.
Date: July 23, 2015
Duration: 58 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Balcorta, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ruben Rosales, June 23, 2015

Description: Interview with Ruben Rosales from Pharr, TX. In the interview, Rosales discusses his childhood, military service, experiences with segregation and discrimination, the Pharr riot of 1971 and its' aftermath, police brutality, the Chicano movement, and politics.
Date: June 23, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 01 second
Creator: Rosales, Ruben; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jean Wilkins-Dember, June 23, 2016

Description: Jean Wilkins-Dember, referred to as Mother Dember, was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York. After becoming involved in police brutality work and racial equality efforts in New York, she would move to the historic African American neighborhood of Third Ward in Houston, TX. She talks about her involvement in multicultural organizing and the psychological affects of racial oppression. Dember has participated for many years in the National Black United Front and SHAPE Community Center's Elder Instit… more
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Wilkins-Dember, Jean
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Fernando Ramirez on June 23, 2016.

Description: Fernando Ramirez is an activist, advocate, and media professional for the Hispanic community in Port Arthur, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his personal history, and poverty, race relations, and minority struggles in the Triangle region of Texas.
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle & Ramirez, Fernando
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Lenny Caballero, June 23, 2016

Description: Discussed growing up in Port Arthur, his family's emphasis on assimilation, and his return to the region to work in business and government.
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 42 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Caballero, Lenny; Grevious, Danielle & Bobadilla, Eladio
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
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Tony Diaz, June 23, 2016

Description: Tony Diaz is a former assistant superintendent of the Corpus Christi Independent School District and was elected to the Corpus Christi school board in 2014. In his interview, Mr. Diaz gives an overview of personal history of childhood in the Valley and educational career in Corpus Christi. He and his wife Bessie remain active in the Corpus Christi area as education advocates.
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Diaz, Tony
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with S'ydney Benemon, June 23, 2016

Description: Ms. Benemon was born and raised in Lufkin, Texas. She attended segregated schools in Lufkin until the schools integrated in 1970, her senior year. Ms. Benemon went on to work for the Lufkin State School for decades before retiring in 2016. During her interview, Ms. Benemon provided information about the community of North Lufkin when she was growing up. Ms. Benemon also described businesses and people that were prominent in the North Lufkin community. Further, Ms. Benemon described the many con… more
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Benemon, S'ydney & Howard, Jasmin
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Auerlio Montemayor on June 23, 2016

Description: Mr. Montemayor was adopted by the Montemayor family in Laredo; his family was heavily involved in community affairs and Mexican American activism. His adoptive mother, Alicia Dickerson Montemayor, was elected vice president general of LULAC. After attending college in St. Edward's University in Austin, Mr. Montemayor worked as a teacher in Del Rio, where he became involved in Chicano activism. He was a central player in the events that led to the march in Del Rio, and later taught at walkout s… more
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Montemayor, Aurelio
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mario Salas, June 23, 2016

Description: This is a wide-ranging interview by Mario Salas from his time as a child to his aspirations in the political arena
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 3 hours 2 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Salas, Mario
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with David Noyola, July 23, 2016

Description: David Noyola is a former city council man from Corpus Christi. In his interview, Noyola discussed growing up in the area and his career as a city politician and radio host.
Date: July 23, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Noyola, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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[Ties and Tux IV Gala full performance]

Description: Video of the full performance by a group of TBAAL students at "Ties and Tux IV Gala: A Night of Hollywood Glamour & Dallas Glitter," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Actor Blair Underwood receives the Luminary Arts Award.
Date: April 23, 2016
Duration: 33 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Latte Media Group
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Poets N' Jazz #2 ft. GF Soldier]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz #2 ft. GF Soldier event in 2012. This video features a poetry performance by GF Soldier live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre with music accompaniment. The video begins at an unrelated ceremony. The video cuts at 10:39 to the poetry performance. Audio is distorted.
Date: 2012-02-23/2012-02-24
Duration: 58 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Waller, Alonzo
Location: 32.773907 -96.797820
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Lois Shaw and Evelyn Shields, January 23, 2018

Description: Interview with Lois Lorraine Green Shaw and Evelyn Mills Shields who have been friends for 49 years and live on the same street. Lois Shaw moved to Kerrville with her husband. She attended nursing school and worked in the operating room at Sid Peterson Hospital for many years, and later as a geriatrics administrator at a care facility. She is active in her church, St. Paul Methodist, and has served on many community boards. She and her husband Charles (deceased) had seven children. Evelyn Shiel… more
Date: January 23, 2018
Duration: 55 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Shaw, Lois Lorraine Green & Shields, Evelyn Mills
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Bill Jonas, October 23, 2018

Description: Interview with Bill Jonas discussing his early life in Kerrville and his parents' work, his education, about his career as an FBI agent, and about his family.
Date: October 23, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Jonas, William James, Jr.
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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[Ties and Tux IV Gala performance excerpt]

Description: Video of an excerpt from the performance by a group of TBAAL students at "Ties and Tux IV Gala: A Night of Hollywood Glamour & Dallas Glitter," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.
Date: April 23, 2016
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: Latte Media Group
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Day 13 highlights]

Description: Video of practice and preparation footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 22, 2016.
Date: June 23, 2016
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: Latte Media Group
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Final highlights video, version 3]

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 23, 2016
Duration: 18 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Latte Media Group
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Poets N' Jazz #2 ft. GF Soldier]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz #2 ft. GF Soldier event in 2012. This video features a poetry performance by GF Soldier live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre with music accompaniment.
Date: 2012-02-23/2012-02-24
Duration: 9 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Waller, Alonzo
Location: 32.773907 -96.797820
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Poets N' Jazz #2 ft. GF Soldier]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz #2 ft. GF Soldier event in 2012. This video features a poetry performance by GF Soldier live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre with music accompaniment. The video includes an opening act. The video cuts at 37:23 to a ceremony.
Date: 2012-02-23/2012-02-24
Duration: 41 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Waller, Alonzo
Location: 32.773907 -96.797820
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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