Joy, Latrelle Bright 2022-06-22
In this interview, Lubbock city Councilwoman Latrelle Joy outlines her childhood, home life, and family background. She discusses growing up in Merkel, Trent, and Cross Plains Texas, marrying at age seventeen, and attending Texas Tech. She explains small town life and growing up in rural west Texas in the 1950s. In addition to describing generally living in Lubbock in the 1960s, she talks about her time teaching at Evans Junior High School, and begins to discuss her children born in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Latrelle Bright Joy
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: June 22, 2022
Location: Lubbock, TX
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length:01:11:01 (1 hour 11 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and background information; Attending school at Texas Tech; teaching at Evans Junior High; Memories of growing up in Trent, Texas; Family activities; Living on a farm; Recipes and cooking; Meeting her husband and getting married; Texas Tech University
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/376553 >
Related Interview: Joy, Latrelle Bright 2022-08-17; Joy, Latrelle Bright 2022-10-31; Joy, Latrelle Bright 2022-11-29
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