- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Patricia Thomas, July 31, 2016
- Creator:
- Zapata, Joel
Thomas, Patricia - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-31
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Thomas, Patricia
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Andrews County, Andrews, 32.31872, -102.54572
United States, Texas, Dallas County, Lancaster, 32.59208, -96.75611
United States, Texas, Ector County, Odessa, 31.84568, -102.36764
United States, Texas, Gaines County, Seminole, 32.71899, -102.64491
United States, Texas, Howard County, Big Spring, 32.2504, -101.47874
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:
- Patricia A. Thomas was born in 1957 in Andrews, Texas, where she grew up. She entered elementary school in an integrated school where many of her classmates as well as some teachers physically and verbally abused the African American students. Thomas first attended Lincoln Elementary and then Jack and Jill Elementary. In junior high and high school, Thomas adapted many black nationalists or “radical” viewpoints, which led her to call for the teaching of African American history in her high school. She graduated from Andrews high school in 1976. After high school, Thomas moved to Dallas where she attended Bishop College. She subsequently lived in various communities that included Big Springs, Odessa, Amarillo, and Seminole, Texas.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982494/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (44 min., 17 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-patricia-thomas
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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