- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Alphonso Vaughn, June 22, 2016
- Creator:
- Zapata, Joel
Vaughn, Alphonso - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-22
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Vaughn, Alphonso
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Potter County, Amarillo, 35.222, -101.8313
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Alphonso Vaughn was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. He lived through the integration of local schools as a high school student. From Amarillo, he entered the military and then attending the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas. Upon his return to Amarillo, Vaughn helped start the city’s Juneteenth Celebration along with various civil rights and cultural organizations. He served five, two year terms as president of Amarillo’s NAACP. Since then, he has served as a Potter County Commissioner.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982482/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (58 min., 1 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-alphonso-vaughn
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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