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Interview No. 1652, Togo Railey
Interview No. 1652, Togo Railey
Combined Interviews
Togo Railey discusses his recruitment and experience playing for the Texas Western College basketball team. As a basketball player in Austin High School, he had two influential coaches who influenced his decision to attend Texas Western College. While in high school, he recalls the presence of Texas-Western’s basketball coach, Don Haskins, who actively promoted basketball in El Paso and was always looking for recruits. He discusses his admiration for Coach Haskins who he describes as well mannered, a taskmaster, and basketball enthusiast. Railey also describes his first impressions of the Texas-Western basketball team, who he knew would perform well because …
Interview No. 1650, Eddie Mullens
Interview No. 1650, Eddie Mullens
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Eddie Mullens describes his career as a publicity director for the Texas Western College basketball team. When Coach Don Haskins first invited him to the campus, George McCarty, the athletic director, offered him a job. Mullens did not take the job at first due to the low pay, until he was called back days later with the offer of a higher salary. He believed Texas Western had a great team but did not foresee that it would make it to the national competition. Mullens is credited with giving nicknames to the team members such as Jim Barnes who he called …
Interview No. 1651, Richard Myers
Interview No. 1651, Richard Myers
Combined Interviews
Richard Myers discusses his background and experience playing for the Texas Western College basketball team that won the 1966 NCAA championship. As a native of Kansas, he discusses his optimistic first impressions of El Paso, coach Haskins, and his team. While his team attained notoriety for having five all-star African American players, Myers notes that their placement was due to their abilities, not because of their skin color. The media was responsible for placing such a heavy emphasis on his teammates’ skin color as the season progressed. He maintains that his team was not racially discriminated against as they travelled. …
Interview No. 1653, Nevil Shed
Interview No. 1653, Nevil Shed
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Nevil Shed discusses his experience playing for the Texas Western College basketball team. He discusses his initial prospects of working in the fast food industry but then decided it was not a career path he wanted to follow. Shed was recruited into Texas Western College basketball team thanks to a recommendation made by a former player of the team who recommended him to Coach Don Haskins. He then describes his first impressions of El Paso, its mountains, and its friendly atmosphere. Unlike other college campuses, he enjoyed that people talked to him to ask how he was doing. Coach Haskins …
Interview No. 1649, Jean H. Miculka
Interview No. 1649, Jean H. Miculka
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Jean H. Miculka begins by describing how he attained his job as an assistant coach for the Texas Western College basketball team. He describes his first impressions of the team as promising since the freshmen consistently beat the varsity students. As a coach, he confronted various challenges that emerged as Texas Western gained notoriety; they confronted various teams who placed all their efforts in trying to defeat them. Nevertheless, it was his team’s ability to score points and to cripple the others’ defense that overcame this challenge. He never felt discrimination whenever his team played against others from the Southwest …
Interview No. 927, Donald L. Williams
Interview No. 927, Donald L. Williams
Combined Interviews
Discusses formative years in Houston, Texas; college career at UTEP; details 1969 election as the first African American president of UTEP's Student Government Association.
Interview No. 926, Charles Dryden
Interview No. 926, Charles Dryden
Combined Interviews
Speech given at UTEP in which he discusses role of Tuskegee Army Flying School in the U.S. Air Force.
Interview No. 794, Virginia Green
Interview No. 794, Virginia Green
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Discusses courtship; depression in El Paso; El Paso during the war years (1943-1945); Doctor's Auxiliary; Dr. Nixon and race relations in El Paso.
Interview No. 776, Charles T. Brown
Interview No. 776, Charles T. Brown
Combined Interviews
Basketball career at Texas Western College 1956-1959; integration of college sports; race relations in El Paso and other places in the Border Conferences.
Interview No. 748, Nevil Shed
Interview No. 748, Nevil Shed
Combined Interviews
New York native, first impressions of Texas Western, experiences playing basketball for TWC, the 1966 basketball season, coaches Moe Iba and Don Haskins, the Final Four, the TWC-Kenntucky championship game
Interview No. 759, Orsten Artis
Interview No. 759, Orsten Artis
Combined Interviews
Experiences playing basketball for TWC, the 1966 basketball season options of coaching staff, black-white controversy.
Interview No. 762, Leona Washington
Interview No. 762, Leona Washington
Combined Interviews
Her experiences growing up and living in El Paso, the segregation she encountered, her relationship with Hispanics and the contributions of Blacks to the city.
Interview No. 765, Ruth Nash King
Interview No. 765, Ruth Nash King
Combined Interviews
Discusses social and cultural activities of blacks in El Paso during the 20s, 30s, and 40s.
Interview No. 751, Frances Hills
Interview No. 751, Frances Hills
Combined Interviews
Childhood in El Paso; attendance at Douglass School; the black experience in El Paso including typical occupations, recreation, shopping, and medical care; her college years in Alabama; career in Civil Service; relationships with Hispanics; segregation; Jim Crow cars; some discussion of anti-discrimination ordinances in the 1960s.
Interview No. 651, Edna Mc Iver
Interview No. 651, Edna Mc Iver
Combined Interviews
Memories of attending Texas Western College, including relations with students and professors; discrimination encountered while out of town on school trips; professors who influenced her.
Interview No. 562, Antonia Curiel C.
Interview No. 562, Antonia Curiel C.
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Su padre pertenecio a la Acordada mexicana; como la familia vino a los E.E.U.U., que su padre era un mexicano muy adherido a la tradicion de su pais; recuerdos de paseos domingueros; vivian cerca del puente entre El Paso y Juarez; su madre trabajo de sirvienta; su padre trabajo en la fundicion; como los trabajos que tuvo lo cegaron; el teatro Colon; el centro de El Paso; discriminacion hacia los negros; barrios mexicanos; como ella estudio en su hogar; su esposo trabajo en Peyton; como vivio en los E.E.U.U. por muchos anos sin pasaporte; su esposo quebro la huelga en …
Interview No. 194, Drusilla Nixon
Interview No. 194, Drusilla Nixon
Combined Interviews
Biography; experiences of blacks before desegregation; the Mexican and Black communities in El Paso; El Paso compared to other parts of the United States; her husband's career and his civil rights suit; Lord Beresford and Lady Flo.
Interview No. 486, Robert Phillips
Interview No. 486, Robert Phillips
Combined Interviews
Interview on K.T.E.P., U.T. El Paso radio station "Let's Talk" program.