- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Cleveland Walters, July 28, 2016
- Creator:
- May, Meredith
Walters, Cleveland - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-28
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Walters, Cleveland
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Liberty County, Ames, 30.05383, -94.74353
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mr. Walters was born and raised in Ames, Texas. He grew up on his family's farm; his father worked as a cowboy on a nearby ranch. He attended the Catholic school in Ames, a Creole settlement, until junior high, when he attended West Liberty High. In 1969, he participated in integration. After persistent discrimination, he left high school and joined the military, where he stayed until 1976. He then began work at Texaco. In his interview, Mr. Walters describes the history of Ames, his father's career and encounters with racism, the difficulties of integration, and discrimination in both the military and at work.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983558/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (1 hr., 30 min., 37 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-cleveland-walters
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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