- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Gene Collins, July 8, 2016
- Creator:
- Collins, Gene
Wisely, Karen - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-08
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Collins, Gene
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Ector County, Odessa, 31.84568, -102.36764
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Gene Collins was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. He attended Abilene Christian University, where he was a campus and community civil rights organizer. He completed his college education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Collins is now a local businessman and minister in Odessa, Texas. He has been president of the Odessa NAACP for over 15 years, and co-chair for environmental justice for the statewide NAACP. He helped lead several efforts toward environmental justice in and outside Odessa.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982438/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video recordings (1 hr., 16 min., 8 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-gene-collins
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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