- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Floyd Price, June 29, 2016
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel
Price, Floyd - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-29
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Price, Floyd
- 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:
- Floyd Price was born in Lubbock and grew up in a near by town. Floyd graduated from Dunbar High School in 1959. He received a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Wayland Baptist University in 1976. Floyd is a retired veteran of the Lubbock Police Department where he served for 33 years. He also served in the U.S. Army. Currently he works part-time with the Lubbock County Sheriff's Department.Floyd has always been a public servant, and especially enjoys working with young people. He had the honor of speaking to United Youth Congress in 1989, 1993, and 1997. Floyd enjoys singing, teaching the Bible, and playing sports. He has received numerous awards in his lifetime, including Citizen of the Year in 1995 and 1996, Man of the Year in 1990, and Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Readers Choice Award for Best Law Officer in 1994, 1995, and 1996.Floyd has also served on many boards, including Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Consortium Committee for the Homeless, Hospice of Lubbock, and Texas Agricultural Extension Board. Currently, Floyd serves on the YWCA Cancer Survivorship Cancer Coalition Advisory Board and the South Plains Association of Governments Criminal Justice Advisory Committee.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982513/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video recordings (1 hr., 13 min., 41 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-floyd-price
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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