- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Betell Benham, June 27, 2016
- Creator:
- Benham, Betell
Howard, Jasmin
May, Meredith - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-27
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Benham, Betell
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Angelina County, Lufkin, 31.33824, -94.7291
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ms. Benham was born and raised in Lufkin, Texas. She went to segregated schools in Lufkin before participating in integration during the 1969-1970 school year. She graduated high school and went to college at the University of North Texas. She then became a flight attendant and worked in retail. She returned to Lufkin and worked with her mother, Bettie Kennedy, in the community. In the interview, Ms. Benham describes segregation in Lufkin, experiences with discrimination, problems during integration, discrimination she experienced at UNT, her work as a flight attendant, her time spent in retail, and the work of both her and her mother in the community.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983435/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 9 video recordings (1 hr., 31 min., 24 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-betell-benham
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
