Oral History Interview with Ida Bridgewater, June 10, 2010

Collection:: Civil Rights in Black and Brown
Title:: Oral History Interview with Ida Bridgewater, June 10, 2010
Creator:: Enriquez, Sandra
Robles, David
Krochmal, Max
Bridgewater, Ida
Date of Original:: 2015-06-10
Subject:: Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights
People:: Bridgewater, Ida
Location:: United States, Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, 32.72541, -97.32085
Medium:: oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
Description:: Ida Bridgewater discusses growing up in the Stop Six Neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, where her parents, Garfield and Dorothy Thompson were civil rights activists. Her father graduated from I.M. Terrell High School and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was elected state representative of District 95 and held office for 10 years until his retirement.
Metadata URL:: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1040178/
Language:: eng
Extent:: 2 audio recordings (1 hr., 57 min., 28 sec.) : sd., col.
Original Collection:: https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-ida-bridgewater
Contributing Institution:: University of North Texas. Libraries
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