Interview with Lula Eugene (Gene) Stroud

Creator

Lula Stroud
Sean Visintainer, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Files

Creation Date

4-30-2018

Disciplines

History

Description

Lula Eugene "Jean" Stroud (nee Williams) is one of the oldest surviving community members to live through segregation in McAllen, TX. She discusses how her parents moved to Rio Grande Valley from East Texas in the wake of the Great Depression. She talks about growing up in this area, her attendance at the Booker T. Washington School in McAllen, Texas, what is was like to live in South Texas during segregation, and many other aspects of African American life between 1930s-present day.

Format

.MP4

Length

00:44:07

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories Collection; Lula Eugene (Gene) Stroud, 2018/04/30. ELIBR-0027. University Library, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/rgvoralhistories/536