"Looking Back" Brown Bag Lecture Series

"Looking Back Brown Bag" Lecture Series

Guest Speakers: David & Philip O'Neal

Topic: "The Power and Influence of the African American ILA's of Galveston"

Make plans to join us at Nia Cultural Center while we celebrate our history through our "Looking Back" Brown Bag Lecture Series, which will feature David and Philip O'Neal to honor the "The Power and Influence of the African American ILA's of Galveston"

David H. O’Neal, Jr. is a 77-year-old, who is a product of the International

Longshoreman Association (ILA) as his father, David H. O'Neal was a career

longshoreman and foreman. David worked on the docks since he was 17 years old. He

is a member of the GHF, AAHC and the OCCC and a novice historian about working on

the ILA docks and the chronology of that work and the officers and workers of

Galveston longshoremen.

Additionally, his brother Philip O’Neal is the former Vice-

President of the African American Local 851 and past President of consolidated ILA

Local 20. He is currently the longest tenured board member of Galveston ISD with 31

years of service.

Grab your lunch and come join us for this wonderful series.