- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Ray Wilson on July 13, 2016.
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Wilson, Ray - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-13
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Wilson, Ray
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Baytown, 29.7355, -94.97743
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ray Wilson was born in Alabama in 1939 and moved to Chicago at the age of 7. When he was in 10th grade, his mom remarried and his family moved to Dayton, Ohio, where he came of age and joined several local struggles for civil rights including a sit in. Wilson also joined the military in the 1960s, where he experienced integrated ranks within the Army. In the 1970s, he moved to Baytown where he began working for ExxonMobile. Upon his arrival, he quickly noticed racism and segregation in Baytown. Shortly thereafter, Wilson became involved in the community through different efforts including the Political Action Committee, re-establishing a local chapter of the NAACP, and Gang Activity prevention work.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987537/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 10 video recordings (2 hr., 34 min., 36 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-ray-wilson
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
