Holly Hogrobrooks
Holly Adrienne Hogrobrooks (September 8, 1940 – January 22, 2016) was an American civil rights activist and journalist in Houston, Texas. She was a leader of the Progressive Youth Association, active in student protests against racial segregation in 1960 and 1961.
Holly Hogrobrooks | |
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| Born | September 8, 1940 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Died | January 22, 2016 Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, journalist |
Early life
Holly Hogrobrooks was born in Houston, the daughter of Theodore Marcus Hogrobrooks and Euneida Mae Goens Hogrobrooks.[1][2] She attended the Mather School in South Carolina.[3] As a student at Texas Southern University, she was a founding member of the Progressive Youth Association, and its successor, the Sit-In Foundation.[4][5]
Career
In 1960, while she was a college student, Hogrobrooks organized the first sit-in protest against racial segregation at a Houston lunch counter,[6][7][8] and worked with Freedom Riders in 1961, to desegregate train stations.[9][10] She was jailed at least twice for her civil rights activism. She was later a journalist at the Houston Informer and the Houston Forward Times, worked in public relations,[11] and taught at her alma mater, Texas Southern University, until she retired in 2000.[4][12]
Personal life
Hogrobrooks married Joseph D. Brown in 1969. They divorced in 1979. She was survived by a daughter when she died in 2016, aged 75 years, in Memphis, Tennessee.[4]
References
- "Obituary for Euneida Goens Hogrobrooks (Aged 87)". Tyler Morning Telegraph. 1997-05-07. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-02-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Texas Southern University | Houston Civil Rights Movement pioneer and TSU alumna Holly Hogrobrooks passes". Texas Southern University. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- Gloster, Norma (1953-12-26). "By the Bayous". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-02-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- Causey, Lenzi (2016-02-03). "Houston civil rights pioneer Holly Hogrobrooks dies at 75". Chron. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- Cole, Thomas R. (2012-04-09). No Color Is My Kind: The Life of Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston. University of Texas Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-292-74367-0.
- Lazard, Chandrelle (July 27, 2020). "Texas Southern University Icon Remembers 60th Anniversary of the first Houston Sit-In". KTSU2. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- Beeth, Howard; Wintz, Cary D. (1992). Black Dixie: Afro-Texan History and Culture in Houston. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-0-89096-494-1.
- Gaines, Edwene (March 3, 1960). "Religious Students Rumored Aiding TSU Strike Group". Houston Cougar. p. 25. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- Anderson, Michael (May 2017). "Eldrew Stearns and Houston's Civil Rights Movement" (PDF). Houston History Magazine. 14: 23–27.
- McArthur, Judith N.; Smith, Harold L. (2010-08-25). Texas Through Women's Eyes: The Twentieth-Century Experience. University of Texas Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-292-77835-1.
- Burkins, Glenn (1988-03-30). "Art Gallery Proves to be a Real Eye-Opener". Tampa Bay Times. p. 142. Retrieved 2021-02-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- Nelson-McNaulty, Demetria (2016-02-08). "In Memoriam: Holly Adrienne Hogrobrooks, 1940-2016". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
External links
- A video clip from a 1988 interview with Holly Hogrobrooks and Otis King, about the 1960 sit-in protest in Houston, from the This Is Our Home, It Is Not For Sale Film Collection, University of Houston Libraries.
- Transcript of a 1994 oral history interview with Holly Hogrobrooks and Gladys House, conducted by the Institute of Texan Cultures, from the UTSA Libraries Digital Collections.
- A 2008 public affairs program on public access television, featuring Holly Hogrobrooks, Hamilton Lewis, and Ed Shannon; from Internet Archive.