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Oral History Interview with Alice Valdez, June 14, 2016

Description: Alice E. Valdez was born in El Paso, and grew up in a middle class, Anglo and Mexican American community. She discusses her father's WWII experience to detail. Ms. Valdez was involved in the arts from an early age through church groups and in school activities. She attended the University of Texas at El Paso where she was part of the band and graduated with a degree in music. She recalled the 1966 Texas Western College (name prior to UTEP) NCAA Basketball Championship during her college experie… more
Date: June 14, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Valdez, Alice
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Victor Hernandez, June 30, 2016

Description: Victor Hernandez was born in the Chamizal area of El Paso, Texas. Once the area was bought by the federal government to build the Chamizal National Monument, his family moved the the Lower Valley of El Paso, Texas. While in high school, he was part of the ROTC. Hernandez was salsa part of the ROTC at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he graduated from. Hernandez then went to law school at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He stayed in Lubbock and served in the National Guard—with which … more
Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Hernandez, Victor
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Antonio Marin, July 15, 2015

Description: Interview with Antonio Marin, from El Paso, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his childhood, education, civil rights activism, community involvemen, and experiences with racism in south Texas.
Date: July 15, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Marin, Antonio
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Carlos Marentes, July 15, 2015

Description: Interview with Carlos Marentes, a farm labor organizer and farm worker advocate from the Juarez-El Paso border region. He founded the Border Agricultural Workers Project and participates in local, state, and national organizations dealing with inequality and climate change. In his interview, Marentes discusses his early life and activism.
Date: July 15, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Marentes, Carlos
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Fermin Dorado, July 24, 2015

Description: Interview with Fermin Dorado, civil rights activist from El Paso, Texas. In his interview, Dorado discusses growing up in the Segundo Barrio in El Paso, his education, living in Chicago, military service, and his activism in the Chicano movement.
Date: July 24, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Robles, David; Enriquez, Sandra & Dorado, Fermin
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Guillermo Glenn, July 16, 2015

Description: Interview with Guillermo Glenn, civil rights activist and political organizer from El Paso, Texas. In his interview he discusses his childhood, education, access to healthcare, political organizing, and activism in the Rio Grande Valley.
Date: July 16, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Glenn, Guillermo & Enriquez, Sandra
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Judy Cortez, June 16, 2016

Description: Ms. Cortez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas in the Bel Air area. She was responsible for her siblings and her home from a very early age. Shortly after finishing her studies, she worked as a parole officer; after she became privy to several adverse working conditions, she increased her involvement in the local union. Ms. Cortez moved to Austin in the 1990s, and has worked for Travis County ever since.
Date: June 16, 2016
Duration: 51 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Cortez, Judy
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Lorena Andrade, July 17, 2015

Description: Interview with Lorena Andrade, civil rights and labor activist from El Paso, Texas. Ms. Andrade was born in Los Angeles, California and attended the University of Minnesota, where she became involved with Chicano activism. In El Paso, she has been an advocate for labor and founded the organization La Mujer Obrera, The Working Woman, to support women affected by NAFTA.
Date: July 17, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 28 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Andrade, Lorena; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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