- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Elwyn Lee, June 22, 2016
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Lee, Elwyn - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-22
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Lee, Elwyn
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Elwin Lee was born in Virgina and was raised in Third Ward, a historic African American neighborhood in Houston, TX. He talks about segregation in Houston, the vibrancy of Third Ward, and the Texas Southern University "riot." Lee also discusses how he went to Yale Law School and returned to Houston to become the first African American tenured at the University of Houston Law School. After serving as the director of African American Studies for a couple of years and reviving the program, Lee built upon the student and community relationships he developed at the time to serve as the Vice President of Student Affairs. He discusses how he is currently involved in efforts to bridge the university and Third Ward by figuring out how the school can assist education, health, and economic empowerment.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987476/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (2 hr., 18 min., 49 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-elwyn-lee
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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