Oral History Interview with Chris Escobar, July 25, 2016

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Chris Escobar is an artist activist who does outreach at La Casa de la Cultura in Del Rio. In the interview, he speaks about migrant work, his father as a vaquero, going on the migrant trail, etc. He also speaks about college and the difficulties of being poor and its attendant effects on his studies at St Edwards & UTEP. He talks a little bit about Austin & learning from Raúl Valdez.

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Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Escobar, Chris July 25, 2016.

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Chris Escobar is an artist activist who does outreach at La Casa de la Cultura in Del Rio. In the interview, he speaks about migrant work, his father as a vaquero, going on the migrant trail, etc. He also speaks about college and the difficulties of being poor and its attendant effects on his studies at St Edwards & UTEP. He talks a little bit about Austin & learning from Raúl Valdez.

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  • July 25, 2016

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Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Escobar, Chris. Oral History Interview with Chris Escobar, July 25, 2016, video, July 25, 2016; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987617/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library.

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