- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Eric Strong, June 21, 2016
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel
Strong, Eric - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-21
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Strong, Eric
- 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:
- Eric Strong was born in 1952 and raised in Lubbock, Texas. As a child, he grew up in East Lubbock—the African American area of segregated Lubbock. Upon graduating from Dunbar High School, he attended Texas A&M University Prairie View and then obtained a masters degree from Texas Tech University. Strong worked for Texas Tech University and upon retirement began dedicated his life to the preservation and development of East Lubbock. He now helps lead Lubbock’s Roots Historical Arts Council Roots Historical Arts Council.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982485/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video recordings (56 min., 22 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-eric-strong
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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