- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Edward Moore on Jul;y 18, 2018.
- Creator:
- Grevious, Danielle
Bobadilla, Eladio
Moore, Edward - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-18
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Moore, Edward
- 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:
- Mr. Moore was the first Black elected official in Jefferson county (County Commissioner, 1986) and was involved in various aspects of pressuring the city for Black civil rights. He shared what he remembered about the 1943 race riot in Beaumont, mentioned class divisions within the segregated Black communities in Beaumont, discussed the significance of unions for workplace advancement, was critical to Black representation on schools boards/in PTAs, and helped form the South Park Voters League to initially influence school board elections and, later, Black voter enfranchisement.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth984535/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video recordings (1 hr., 51 min., 53 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-edward-moore
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
