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African Americans -- Black Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on citizens of the United States of black African descent. Works on blacks who temporarily reside in the United States, such as aliens, students from abroad, etc., are entered under Blacks--United States. Works on blacks outside the United States are entered under Blacks--[place].

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Adolfo Ramirez Oral History - 1987

 Digital Record
Identifier: ELIBR0027-RamirezAdolfo-1987
Dates: 1987
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus

Black History

 Series
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection contains materials from the Vela family reunion, and materials from the office of Al Ramirez concerning his publishing company New Santander Press.

Dates: -; Majority of material found in June 30 - July 2, 2006; Other: Date acquired: 20060000
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus / ELIBR-0082, Vela Family and Descendants

Juneteenth Celebrations

 File — Folder 9: Series Series 2; Series Series 3; Series Series 6
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents

File includes local celebrations of Juneteenth (June 19th) commemorating the ending of slavery.

Dates: -; Majority of material found in June 30 - July 2, 2006; Other: Date acquired: 20060000
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus / ELIBR-0082, Vela Family and Descendants / Black History

Juneteenth Celebrations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BD-0013
Scope and Contents

This collection contains images from the Juneteenth celebrations held in Edinburg, Texas in June 2018. The event took place at Restlawn Cemetary, a black (previously segregated) cemetary in Edinburg, Texas.

Dates: 2018-06-16
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives Digital Collections / Juneteenth Celebrations Collection

Local Juneteenth Celebrations

 Collection — 243
Identifier: ELIBR-0243
Dates: 2019-06-15 - 2019-06-19
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus / Local Juneteenth Celebrations

Lula Eugene "Jean" Stroud Oral History, 4-30-2018

 File
Dates: 4-30-2018
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus / ELIBR-0027, Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories

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

 Digital Record
Identifier: ELIBR0027-StroudLulaEugene-20180430
Dates: 2018-04-30
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus

Restlawn Cemetery, Edinburg, 1997

 File — ELIBR-0154, other: Drawer 1, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Restlawn Cemetery as it appeared in 1997. Images depict primitive markers and crosses including Jacob D. White, Ada Branch (mother of Earl and Thurman Booker), Ollie L. Heliton, Mary Thomas (mother of Melina Durden), Haywood West (reburied at Hilcrest), Joseph Callis, Rev. Levi Williams, Robert L. Taylor, D. Edwards.

Dates: 1997
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus / ELIBR-0154, Miscellaneous Photographs Collection / Photographic prints by topic

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