- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with James Yates, July 19, 2016
- Creator:
- Howard, Jasmin
May, Meredith
Yates, James - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-19
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Yates, James
- 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:
- Yates grew up in segregated Conroe and attended both segregated and integrated schools. Yates was a member of the Conroe High football teams that sought to increase the amount of Black women representation on the cheerleading team and during homecoming pageantry in the early 1970s. Yates also became one of first Black football players on the University of Texas-Austin football team in the mid-1970s. Yates also discussed working in various jobs including law enforcement and the oil industry.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth984167/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 11 video recordings (2 hr., 47 min., 11 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
