Lula Eugene "Jean" Stroud Oral History - April 30, 2018

Digital Record

Identifier: ELIBR0027-StroudLulaEugene-20180430

Staff Only

Dates

2018-04-30

Language of Materials

English

Biographical / Historical

Lula Eugene "Jean" Stroud (nee Williams) is one of the oldest surviving community members to live through segregation. She discusses how her parents moved to Rio Grande Valley from East Texas in the wake of the Great Depression. She talks about growing up in this area, her attendance at the Booker T. Washington School in McAllen, Texas, what is was like to live in South Texas during segregation, and many other aspects of African American life between 1930s-present day.

Extent

1 Files : 1 video recording, 44:04

Subjects

African American Churches Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
African Americans -- Black Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Baptist Church Music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Baptist Churches--Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bethel Baptist Church (McAllen) Subject Source: Local sources
Booker T. Washington School (McAllen, Texas) Subject Source: Local sources
Cooking, American--Southern style. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Families Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Hubbard, Eugene Subject Source: Local sources
McAllen (Tex.)--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Mission (Tex.)--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Parenting Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
San Juan (Tex.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Segregation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Stroud, Lula Eugene Subject Source: Local sources
United States. Department of the Air Force Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Linked Records

Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories | Lula Eugene "Jean" Stroud Oral History, 4-30-2018

Repository Details

Part of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus Repository

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