Oral History Interview with Richard Farias, July 7, 2016

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Richard Farias was born in Brownsville in 1948 and moved to La Porte in 1962 when he was about to begin his Freshman year in High School. At La Porte High School, he was the only Latino and received no mentoring and no guidance during. Soon after graduating from High School, Farias joined the Air Force, spending a year (1968-1969) in Vietnam. While he met people from all over the United States, the war was a scary time for him as he survived an attack on the Air Force base. Farias' time in Vietnam, however, encouraged him to work with … continued below

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Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Farias, Richard July 7, 2016.

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Richard Farias was born in Brownsville in 1948 and moved to La Porte in 1962 when he was about to begin his Freshman year in High School. At La Porte High School, he was the only Latino and received no mentoring and no guidance during. Soon after graduating from High School, Farias joined the Air Force, spending a year (1968-1969) in Vietnam. While he met people from all over the United States, the war was a scary time for him as he survived an attack on the Air Force base. Farias' time in Vietnam, however, encouraged him to work with underrepresented youths through various capacities. Upon his return from the war, Farias worked with the Texas Juvenile Justice System as a Juvenile Probation Officer for 16 years. In the late 1970s, he served as the Executive Director for the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) where he oversaw the George I. Sanchez School, the AAMA House (a home for drug abusers), and an AIDS/HIV Prevention Program. In 1992, Farias founded the Tejano Center for Community Concerns, a holistic way to address all needs of Latino families in Houston. Through this organization, he founded the Raúl Yzaguirre School For Success, one of Texas' first Charter Schools. This charter school serves Latina/o Students, while 70% of the staff is of Latina/o descent. In 2012, Farias left the TCCC and founded the American Latino Center for Research, Education, and Justice, which follows a similar approach as the TCCC. Through the years, Farias has also been involved with other local and national organizations including Talento Bilingue de Houston (TBH) and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR).

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Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Farias, Richard. Oral History Interview with Richard Farias, July 7, 2016, video, July 7, 2016; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987517/: accessed October 11, 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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