Oral History Interview with Bobby Smith, July 13, 2016

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Collection:
Civil Rights in Black and Brown
Title:
Oral History Interview with Bobby Smith, July 13, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Wall, James
Smith, Bobby
Date of Original:
2016-07-13
Subject:
Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights
People:
Smith, Bobby
Location:
United States, Texas, Denton County, Denton, 33.21484, -97.13307
United States, Texas, Nueces County, Corpus Christi, 27.80058, -97.39638
Medium:
oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews
Type:
MovingImage
Format:
video/mp4
Description:
Bobby Smith grew up in Corpus Christi. During his high school senior year, he received numerous offers to play college football, but only a few colleges in Texas accepted black players at that time. He chose to attend North Texas State (now UNT) and later played in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1960s
Metadata URL:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987592/
Language:
eng
Extent:
7 recordings (1 hr., 34 min., 26 sec.) : sd., col.
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries
Rights:
In Copyright