- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Gethrel Williams, June 29, 2016
- Creator:
- Bobadilla, Eladio
Williams, Gethrel - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-29
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Williams, Gethrel
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont, 30.08605, -94.10185
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Gethrel Williams was from Beaumont, Texas. She was a long time civil rights and labor activist. During her time working for the U.S. Postal Service, she became a leader in in the American Postal Workers Union, both locally and nationally. In 2007, she was elected to the Beaumont City Council as Council-member-at-Large. In her interview, she discussed her efforts to desegregate public accommodations, her participation in the labor movement, and her work as a public, elected official. She died February 18, 2018.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth984527/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 video recordings (1 hr., 35 min., 32 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-gethrel-williams
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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