Oral History Interview with Abel Bosquez, June 8, 2016
Description:
Basquez was raised in the Panhandle and joined the Marines as a young man. Upon returning, the settled in Amarillo and eventually obtained a job at Pantex. At Pantex, he became invovled with Union organizating and evetnually became an organizer lobbying in Washington DC. From there, he began joining other ogranizations such as LULAC to raise scolarship money as well as to promote voter regestration. He ran for State Representative in Amarillo three times.
Date:
June 8, 2016
Duration:
53 minutes 26 seconds
Creator:
Bosquez, Abel; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
Partner:
TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library