- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Cody Wheeler, July 25, 2016
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Wheeler, Cody - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-25
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Wheeler, Cody
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Pasadena, 29.69106, -95.2091
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Cody Wheeler was born in Dalhart, Texas in 1985. He moved to Pasadena with his family in 1991. Wheeler developed a political consciousness as a young kid due to his father's union involvement. He attended schools in the Pasadena Independent School District and graduated from Deer Park High School. In 2003, he joined the Marines and did tours in Iraq. Upon his return from the war, he enrolled at the University of Houston. The persistent stark differences between North and South Pasadena pushed him to successfully run for city council member in 2013. During his campaign, he made an attempt to educate his constituents and get them out to vote. As a member of city council, he has been a witness to the voting rights violations resulting from the redistricting of Pasadena (which he describes in detail). Wheeler also described his unsuccessful run for state representative for district 144 in 2016.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987539/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video recordings (1 hr., 12 min., 49 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-wit-cody-wheeler
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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