- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Elisha Demerson, June 11, 2016
- Creator:
- Demerson, Elisha
Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-11
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Demerson, Elisha
- 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:
- Elisha Demerson was born and raised in Amarillo. Elisha Demerson and his twin brother both received appointments to West Point, but returned to Amarillo after two years to be near their ill mother. Elisha Demerson first worked at Pantex as a yard worker but entered West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) where he gained a bachelors then a masters in engineering. He has his own congregation as a minister. In addition, Elisha Demerson became the first African American Potter County Commissioner, the first African American county judge in Texas in the late 1980s, and the first African American City Council Member.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982515/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 video recordings (38 min., 26 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-elisha-demerson
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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