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Pecos Star player recalls role in 1950s integration and career
Iria Ephriam Jr., born 1938 in Mercedes, recalls Pecos High School's 1955 integration and his basketball rise under coach John Kenner. He describes early segregation hardships, five-year school delays, and his later Navy service, then career as a restaurateur and evangelist while supporting his family.
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Iria Ephriam Jr
Mercedes
Iria Sr
Loraine Burnice
Wharton
Iria Jr
West Texas
Pecos
Balmorhea
Reeves County
Iria
Texas
New Mexico
Carver
Ephriam
Sidney
Sadler
Pecos High School
PHS
Kenner
Lubbock
Odessa
Midland
Monahans
Snyder
Andrews
Eagles
Vernon
Austin
Arizona State
New Mexico A&m
New Mexico State
Navy
Chargers
California
American Building Maintenance
Hughes Aircraft
Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department
Colorado
Abilene
Ribbit
South Seventh
Oak Streets
Ed Robinson
City Café
South Fourth
Butternut Streets
Bubba
Illinois
Atlanta
Las Vegas