Original Title

Brenda Mackey Lang interviewed by Rita Reyes and Ben Schachter

Date

2023/02/03

Creator

Brenda Mackey Lang

Contributor

Rita Reyes | Ben Schachter

shortDescription

In this interview, former Texas Southern art student Brenda Mackey Lang discusses her time as an art student (1967-73) and as an artist later on. At TSU, Lang learned from Dr. John T. Biggers and Professor Carroll Harris Simms, met Maya Angelou, and protested with Mickey Leland.

Primary Subject

1900-1999

HBCU student activism

HBCU campus life

Civil Rights Movement

Additional Subject

Afrocentrism | Black art | Desegregation | Educators | Memory| Protest

Type

Video

Format

MP4

HBCU Identifier

Brenda Mackey Lang interview

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0003

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University