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Lawrence / Becoming an Activist

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Interview Interview with Iris Lawrence
Subjects Family › Family Histories and Traditions
Family › Marriage
Family › Children
Family › Childhood Experiences
Religion
Religion › Spirituality
Religion › Churches
Religion › Churches › Churches as Meeting Spaces
Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations › National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Race Relations
Race Relations › Black-White Race Relations
Race Relations › Skin Color in Race Relations
Discrimination or Segregation › Discrimination or Segregation of Public Accommodations
Education › Teachers and Administrators
Police and Law Enforcement › Political Imprisonment
Police and Law Enforcement › Jails
Historic Periods › 1950s [Exact Date Unknown]
Historic Periods › Early 1960s [Exact Date Unknown]
Ideology
Direct Action
Student Activism › Sit-ins
Discrimination or Segregation › Discrimination or Segregation of Public Accommodations › Restaurants
Discrimination or Segregation › Discrimination or Segregation of Public Accommodations › Movie Theaters
Religion › Church Leadership
Tags Paramount Theater, Amarillo, TX
Kress, Amarillo
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Interview date 2016-06-22
Interview source CRBB Summer 2016
Interviewees Lawrence, Iris
Duration 00:05:50
Citation "Becoming an Activist," from Iris Lawrence oral history interview with ,  June 22, 2016, Amarillo, TX, Civil Rights in Black and Brown Interview Database, https://crbb.tcu.edu/clips/4272/becoming-an-activist-4, accessed March 28, 2024