- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Neal Pearson, June 28, 2016
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel
Pearson, Neal - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-28
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Pearson, Neal
- 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:
- Neal Pearson was raised in Florida and joined the military during the Korean war. After the war, he worked for the CIA and Department of State. Pearson attended Georgetown University as well as the University of Florida for his graduate degrees in foreign affairs and political science. He obtained his PhD from the University of Florida in political science with a focus on Latin America. He arrived at Texas Tech University in 1969 and belong to various civil rights organizations, including LULAC. Pearson also contacted the department of justice in regards to segregation within Lubbock public schools.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982478/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 13 video recordings (2 hr., 11 min., 9 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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