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Collier
,
Everett
,
1914-1992
Abstract
Born
in
Long
Beach
,
Miss.
,
Everett
Collier
came
to
Houston
in
1929
when
he was
14
years
old
. He
went
to
Sam
Houston
High
School
,
where
one
of his
teachers
was
Lyndon
B
.
Johnson
,
who
was to
become
his
lifelong
friend
.
Later
, he would
report
on
Johnson's
rise
to the
Senate
, and then the
Presidency
.
After
graduating
from
Rice
University
with a
major
in
Romance
languages
, he
joined
the
Chronicle
as a
sports
writer
,
later
became
the
Editor
,
Vice-President
, and
Member
of the
Board
of
Directors
of the
Houston
Chronicle
. He was a
strong
supporter
of
desegregation
. He was in the
Navy
from
1941
to
1946
. In
1982
, the
Everett
D
.
Collier
Centennial
Chair
in
Communications
was
established
in his
honor
by the
Board
of
Regents
of the
University
of
Austin
.
Title-Alternative
HMRC
Oral
History
Collection
Date of Interview
June 23, 1976
Subjects
Collier
,
Everett
--
Interviews
;
Newspaper
editors
--
Texas
--
Houston
--
Interviews
;
Houston
chronicle
(Houston
,
Tex
:
1912)
--
History
;
Race
discrimination
--
Texas
--
Houston
.
Interviewee
Everett
Collier
Interviewers
Marchiafava
,
Louis
J
.
Original Format
Audio Tape
Oral History Number
OH 028
Language
English
Ownership Notice
The Houston Public Library retains the literary and publishing rights of its oral histories. No part of the interviews or transcripts may be published without the written permission of the Houston Oral History Project.
Coverage-Spatial
Houston
(Tex.)
Length of Interview
01:10:00
Type
Sound; Text
Format-Medium
Flash Video (FLV); Text
Relation-Is Part Of
HMRC
Oral
History
Collection
Funding provided by
TexTreasures
Grant
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