- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with August Lastrappe, July 21, 2016
- Creator:
- Lastrappe, August
May, Meredith
Howard, Jasmin - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-21
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups - People:
- Lastrappe, August
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Spring, 30.07994, -95.41716
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mr. Lastrappe spent his formative years in Conroe, Texas. He went to school at Booker T. Washington. Upon graduating, he went to California, where he witnessed the Watts Riot. Following that, he went to Chicago and then Seattle, where he worked primarily in juvenile detention facilities, then retired and returned to Texas. Mr. Lastrappe's interview describes segregation in Conroe, black-owned businesses, discrimination in Chicago, comparisons between Texas, Chicago, and Seattle, and a discussion of Mr. Lastrappe's publication of poetry.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982995/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (59 min., 28 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-august-lastrappe
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
