- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Guessipina Bonner, June 6, 2016
- Creator:
- Bonner, Guessipina
Howard, Jasmin
May, Meredith - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-06
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Bonner, Guessipina
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Angelina County, Lufkin, 31.33824, -94.7291
United States, Texas, Freestone County, Fairfield, 31.72461, -96.16525 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Dr. Bonner was born and raised in Fairfield, Texas. Her family was connected through bloodlines to a prominent white family, which helped shelter them from some of the harshness of segregation. Dr. Bonner than went to college in New Orleans, where she became active in civil rights. She moved all over the country, including California, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Washington DC. She returned to the area to take care of her parents. She revived the local NAACP and currently serves as president. She was also elected to the city council. Dr. Bonner discusses her early life in Fairfield, her educational background, activism across the nation, reviving Lufkin's NAACP, and her election to city council.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth984351/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 video recordings (1 hr., 58 min., 12 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-guessipina-bonner
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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