- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Emilio Abeyta, June 24, 2016
- Creator:
- Abeyta, Emilio
Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-24
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Abeyta, Emilio
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Lubbock County, Lubbock, 33.57786, -101.85517
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Emelio E. Abeyta was born in the Santa Rosa, New Mexico area. His family moved to Littlefield for his father’s work. Abeyta began attending Catholic seminary in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then Ohio as a teenager. He served as a priest in various West Texas towns. While serving in Slaton, Texas, Abeyta ran for school board, becoming the first ethnic Mexican school board member and aiding in the integration of the town’s schools. He left the priesthood to work for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Afterwards, he attended law school in the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He returned to West Texas, Lubbock, to practice law. In Lubbock Abeyta also ran for a judgeship.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982439/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (54 min., 14 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-emilio-abeyta
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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