- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Iris Lawrence, June 22, 2016
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Lawrence, Iris - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-22
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Lawrence, Iris
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Potter County, Amarillo, 35.222, -101.8313
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Iris Lawrence was born and raised in the North Heights neighborhood of Amarillo, Texas. She attended African American universities, including Howard University, and earned a master’s degree in English. While in college, Lawrence also participated in attempting to integrate Amarillo while on school breaks. Upon returning to Amarillo after living in various places like Austin, Texas, Lawrence worked for the state’s comptrollers office and served as the president of the NAACP.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982436/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (58 min., 27 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-iris-lawrence
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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