Harrison County, Texas.; Marshall, Texas.; Historic buildings--Texas.--Marshall, Texas.; Education--Texas.; Schools--Texas.; Museums--Texas.; Indians of North America--Texas.; Caddo Indians.
Entertainers—Texas; Popular Music—Texas; Tejano Music; Mexican Americans--Texas—Music; Mexican American women singers--Texas--San Antonio; Mexican Americans--Texas--San Antonio; Women--Texas--San Antonio; Women in the performing arts;...
Rosita Fernandez, and her husband Raul Fernandez, are interviewed on "The Martha Tijerina Show" on KWEX-TV, a Spanish-language television station in San Antonio, TX. 26:58 run time.
San Antonio (Tex.).; Education--Texas.; Women--San Antonio (Tex.)--Interviews; Women--School administrators--San Antonio (Tex.);
Saldana grew up in San Antonio and was the first member of her extended family to earn a college degree. She became a math teacher and taugher for many years at Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio's Northside Independent School...
Travis County native Ada Anderson shares a wealth of memories from the Civil Rights struggles she led in Austin from the 1940s to the 1990s. As an African-American mother, she helped integrate Austin schools and Girl Scout programs. As a graduate...
Travis County native Ada Anderson shares a wealth of memories from the Civil Rights struggles she led in Austin from the 1940s to the 1990s. As an African-American mother, she helped integrate Austin schools and Girl Scout programs. As a graduate...
Civil Rights; African Americans--Texas.; Seguin (Tex.); African Americans--Segregation; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio., San Antonio, Texas
From a pre-teen in the NAACP Youth Group in Seguin in the 1930s, to a San Antonio community leader in the 1990s, Harry V. Burns marched in and molded South Texas’...
Civil Rights; African Americans--Texas.; Seguin (Tex.); African Americans--Segregation; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio., San Antonio, Texas
From a pre-teen in the NAACP Youth Group in Seguin in the 1930s, to a San Antonio community leader in the 1990s, Harry V. Burns marched in and molded South Texas’...
San Antonio (Tex.)--Politics and government;Political participation--Texas--San Antonio (Tex.);Legislators--Texas;Young Women's Christian Association--San Antonio (Tex.);African Americans--Education--Texas;African Americans--Segregation;African...
Born at the beginning of the 20th century, Sutton discusses her experiences growing up in the Austin and San Antonio areas under segregation, her political involvement in San Antonio and election as the first woman of any color to serve in the...
German Americans; Battle of Flowers Parade (San Antonio, Tex.); Fiesta San Antonio (San Antonio, Tex.); Education; School integration; American Association of University Women; San Antonio Teachers’ Benefit Association
San Antonio, Texas
Elizabeth Zogheib’s father was Turkish-Lebanese and her mother was German-American. She grew up in the German-American community and saw the beginnings of Fiesta celebrations in San Antonio. Zogheib discusses her personal...
Weaving;Spinning;Cochineal; Dyes and dying;Dye plants--Texas
Nelda Wagner explains the process she demonstrates during the Folklife Festival to spin thread and yarn, using natural products for dying such as cochineal, marigolds, goldenrod, nut shells and lichen, and weaving.