- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Cornelia Harris Banks, July 6, 2016
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Banks, Cornelia Harris - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-06
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Banks, Cornelia Harris
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Galveston County, Galveston, 29.30135, -94.7977
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Cornelia Harris Banks was born in Galveston in 1947.She grew up in a neighborhood on the South of Broadway, which was a mixed neighborhood. Harris Banks witnessed segregated public spaces on the Island and the integration of schools in the 1960s. She graduated from high school in 1965 and attended Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, where she remained until 1996. Upon her return to Galveston in the late 1990s, she became very involved in the community. Subsequently, Harris Banks became the first African American Woman City Council member on the Island in 2000. During her tenure, she became involved in housing efforts (which she continues to work on in present day), in creating parks and recreation spaces, and revitalizing Galveston in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in 2008. Harris Banks is also involved in the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and in local preservation efforts that highlight the history of African Americans in Galveston.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987489/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video recordings (1 hr., 12 min., 32 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-cornelia-harris-banks
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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