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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' George Eubank |
'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | ||
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' April 16, 1969 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' Robert Foster |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 30 minutes |
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | ||
| − | + | Mr. Eubank's move to West Texas from East Texas, | |
| + | His farm at Woodrow, Texas, | ||
| + | Contacts with Black community as a law enforcer, | ||
| + | Cooperation of African Americans in early Lubbock, | ||
| + | Black policemen in Lubbock, | ||
| + | First one in 1930, | ||
| + | Later officers, | ||
| + | Preference of Black offenders for white policemen, | ||
| + | Early understanding that Black officers did not arrest a white offender, | ||
| + | Tech students' relation with Lubbock Black community, | ||
| + | Eubank's hiring on African Americans for farm labor, | ||
| + | Sanitary conditions of early Black neighborhood, | ||
| + | Contrast of Black feelings for whites in Lubbock and in East Texas, | ||
| + | Places for African Americans to eat and go to the movies in Lubbock, | ||
| + | Black crimes while Eubank was on police force, | ||
| + | "Rat Row" section of Black town, | ||
| + | Early ordinance to keep African Americans confined to a certain residential area, | ||
| + | African Americans riding in backs of buses, | ||
| + | Conditions during the Depression, | ||
| + | Relief help on equal grounds as whites, | ||
| + | June 19th celebrations in the Flats, | ||
| + | Dances, picnics, etc., | ||
| + | Orderliness of celebrations, | ||
| + | Black baseball teams, | ||
| + | Max Coleman, attorney for the early African Americans, | ||
| + | Streets leading to "Flats" in early Lubbock, | ||
| + | "Hangouts" in the "Flats" | ||
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | ||
| − | + | Blank | |
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| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1930s |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1930s |
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Latest revision as of 15:05, 13 January 2022
George Eubank talks of black policemen and lawbreakers, conditions of black residential areas, and relations of blacks and whites in Lubbock.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: George Eubank
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: April 16, 1969
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Robert Foster
Length: 30 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Mr. Eubank's move to West Texas from East Texas,
His farm at Woodrow, Texas,
Contacts with Black community as a law enforcer,
Cooperation of African Americans in early Lubbock,
Black policemen in Lubbock,
First one in 1930,
Later officers,
Preference of Black offenders for white policemen,
Early understanding that Black officers did not arrest a white offender,
Tech students' relation with Lubbock Black community,
Eubank's hiring on African Americans for farm labor,
Sanitary conditions of early Black neighborhood,
Contrast of Black feelings for whites in Lubbock and in East Texas,
Places for African Americans to eat and go to the movies in Lubbock,
Black crimes while Eubank was on police force,
"Rat Row" section of Black town,
Early ordinance to keep African Americans confined to a certain residential area,
African Americans riding in backs of buses,
Conditions during the Depression,
Relief help on equal grounds as whites,
June 19th celebrations in the Flats,
Dances, picnics, etc.,
Orderliness of celebrations,
Black baseball teams,
Max Coleman, attorney for the early African Americans,
Streets leading to "Flats" in early Lubbock,
"Hangouts" in the "Flats"
Tape 1, Side 2:
Blank
Range Dates: 1930s
Bulk Dates: 1930s
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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