- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Elia Ali, June 28, 2016
- Creator:
- Ali, Elia
Howard, Jasmin
May, Meredith - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-28
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Ali, Elia
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Angelina County, Lufkin, 31.33824, -94.7291
United States, Texas, Nacogdoches County, Nacogdoches, 31.60351, -94.65549 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ms. Ali was born in Beford, Texas. She was raised in her family's community, County Line, outside of Nacogdoches. Ms. Ali went to Cushing High School, UT-Austin, and is currently a librarian at the Nacogdoches Public Library. She is also a hip-hop artist. In her interview, Ms. Ali described the rich history of her family's community, dating back to newly freed slaves moving in from Tennessee. She relates stories of racism and violence as well as community building and endurance. Her personal account describes racism at Cushing schools in the 2000s and her efforts to build a sustainable homestead for herself in County Line.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983935/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (1 hr., 23 min., 11 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-elia-ali
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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