- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Peggy Fontenette-Yates, June 10, 2016
- Creator:
- Rodriguez, Samantha
Fontenette-Yates, Peggy - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-10
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Fontenette-Yates, Peggy
- 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:
- Peggy Fontenette Yates was born in Houston in 1946 and grew up in Pleasantville, a historic African American neighborhood of Houston. She discusses her mom's involvement in the community through civic organizations and her brother's experience at the University of Houston as one of the school's first Black students. Ms. Yates also shared her business ventures as she owned and ran Fontenette's Restaurant in the 1970s, and her experience in nursing school and becoming a nurse subsequently. Currently, she is a member of SHAPE's Elders Institute of Wisdom, and is involved in the community through her project Woman's Roots prison aftercare program.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987506/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 video recordings (1 hr., 38 min., 31 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-peggy-fontenette-yates
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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