- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Charles Lee and Toddrick Proctor, July 21, 2016
- Creator:
- Lee, Charles
Proctor, Toddrick
May, Meredith
Howard, Jasmin - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-21
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Lee, Charles
Proctor, Toddrick - Location:
- United States, Texas, Montgomery County, Conroe, 30.31188, -95.45605
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mr. Lee grew up in Conroe. He attended and graduated from Booker T. Washington. In the mid-1960s, he was part of a protest of Walgreen's drug store, demanding integration. He and two others were arrested for their actions and only released when the FBI intervened. Mr. Lee then worked several jobs before becoming a minister. In his interview, he describes segregation in Conroe, police brutality, the Walgreen's march, discrimination at work, Conroe Bible College, interracial relationships, and the continued struggles of the African-American community in Conroe. Mr. Proctor also grew up in Conroe. He attended Conroe's schools, graduated from high school, worked in the timber industry, and became a truck driver. In his interview, Mr. Proctor describes his experience growing up in Conroe in the 1980s and 1990s, the continued prevalence of racial discrimination, Ku Klux Klan recruiting efforts in the 1990s, a riot over Klan activity at the high school in the 1990s, the economic and systemic decline of the historically African-American parts of Conroe, and the many ways Conroe has re-segregated.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982996/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (1 hr., 24 min., 11 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-charles-lee-and-toddrick-proctor
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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