- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with James Grays, July 28, 2016
- Creator:
- Howard, Jasmin
Grays, James - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-28
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Grays, James
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Brazoria County, Pearland, 29.56357, -95.28605
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mr. Grays was born in Dayton in 1947. Grays grew up in the Low-Woods community of Dayton. Grays mentioned a time when the church vehicle was stranded and they were not allowed in an establishment to call for aid in the late 1950s. Grays attended Prairie View and graduated in 1969. Grays then taught for a year in Port Arthur teaching drafting. Grays had some difficulty with promotions and training in the workplace as a drafter and plant/piping designer.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983003/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (59 min., 31 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-james-grays
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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