- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Bertha Linton on July 25, 2016
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel
Linton, Bertha - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-25
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Linton, Bertha
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Tom Green County, San Angelo, 31.46377, -100.43704
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Berta Perez Linton was born in 1942 or 1943 in Brady, Texas. She attended schools in Melvin, Texas until 7th grade while her family lived in a ranch. Linton’s family then moved to San Angelo, Texas where she graduated from Central High School in 1961. Linton attended Angelo College for one year and a half before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. Linton graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a major in elementary education in 1967. She taught bilingual education in Austin Schools before attending Texas Southern University’s Welcome to Thurgood Marshall School of Law, graduating in 1977. Linton then moved to San Angelo where she was the counsel for the local LULAC council. She still practices law in San Angelo.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982437/
- Language:
- eng
spa - Extent:
- 6 video recordings (1 hr., 12 min., 25 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-bertha-linton
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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