{"id":3032,"date":"2018-07-03T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/austin-revealed-wilhelmina-delco-on-politics-desegregation\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T22:05:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T22:05:09","slug":"austin-revealed-wilhelmina-delco-on-politics-desegregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/politics\/austin-revealed-wilhelmina-delco-on-politics-desegregation\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Revealed: Wilhelmina Delco on Politics &amp; Desegregation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I9JFMZEtKG0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wilhelmina Delco, the first African American elected to public office in Austin, Texas, recounts why it was important for her to run for the school board.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>This project is produced in conjunction with THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS. Find more information at www.pbs.org\/manyrivers<\/p>\n<p>Major corporate support for The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is provided by Bank of America.  Additional corporate funding is provided by The Coca-Cola Company and McDonald&#8217;s.  Leadership support is generously provided by the Abby and Howard Milstein Foundation, in partnership with HooverMilstein and Emigrant Bank.  Major funding is also provided by the Ford Foundation, Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky in Memory of Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum, Richard Gilder, the Hutchins Family Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  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