- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Felipa Lara, July 26, 2016
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel
Lara, Felipa - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-26
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Lara, Felipa
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Midland County, Midland, 31.99735, -102.07791
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Felipa Lara was born in Pecos Texas in 1946. In Pecos, she went to East Pecos Junior High and Pecos High School. All her schooling up to high school was within segregated schools. Lara married at seventeen and moved to Midland in 1962. In Midland, Felipa worked for the school district, particularly in the district’s migrant program. When LULAC was founded in Midland (1985), Lara joined the group as LULAC sued for single member districts at the county, city, school board, and college board levels. Overall, Lara worked within social services for Midland Independent school district for twenty-seven years. Lara also participated in anti-police brutality alongside Brown Berets in Midland during the 1990s.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982440/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (58 min., 52 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-felipa-lara
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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