- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Sam Collins, July 26, 2016
- Creator:
- Collins, Sam
Enriquez, Sandra - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-26
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Collins, Sam
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Galveston County, Hitchcock, 29.34829, -95.01604
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Samuel Collins was born in Galveston, Texas in 1971. He grew up in Hitchcock with his mother and grandparents, and spent time in Galveston with his father's family. He grew up in a predominantly African American community but attended the integrated schools. He attended Texas A&M University. After he graduated, he moved to Corpus Christi in 1995 but quickly returned to Houston in 1996. In 2012 he decided to become his own boss and opened his own business. In 2005, Collins and his wife purchased the Stringfellow Orchards after he saw a historical marker on the road. Since then, he has endeavored to restore the property and highlight the histories of African Americans who worked in the orchards following the Civil War. Collins has also been involved in Juneteeth Celebrations in both Galveston and Hitchcock, and other historic preservation efforts in Galveston County. In his interview, he details the need for historical preservation in the African American community.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987529/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 7 video recordings (1 hr., 37 min., 21 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-sam-colllins
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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