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Oral History Interview with Bessie and Lawrence Hicks, July 14, 2015

Description: Interview with Lawrence and Bessie Hicks of Bryan, Texas. In their interview, the Hicks describe their experiences with racial discrimination and civil rights activism.
Date: July 14, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 58 seconds
Creator: Hicks, Lawrence; Lawrence, Bessie & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Israel Reyna, July 11, 2015

Description: Interview with Israel Reyna, a lawyer and community activist from Laredo, Texas. In this interview, he talks about La Raza Unida and the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date: July 11, 2015
Duration: 3 hours 48 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Reyna, Israel & Enriquez, Sandra
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Diana Palacios, July 9, 2015

Description: Interview with Diana Palacios, a civil servant from Crystal City, Texas. In the interview, Palacios discusses her family background, segregation, experiencing discrimination at school, and a student walkout that took place at Crystal City High School in 1969.
Date: July 2, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra & Palacios, Diana
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
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015

Description: Interview with Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza in Mercedes, Texas. Garza and Garcia discuss their experiences with migrant farm work, racism, civil rights and labor activism in Texas.
Date: July 2, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Garcia, Gilberto & Garza, Jaime
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jaspyr Sanford, July 13, 2015

Description: Interview with Jaspyr Sanford of Huntsville, Texas. In her interview, she describes her early life and education, experiences with desegregation, racial issues in East Texas, civil rights activism, her work as a librarian at Sam Houston State University. Much of her interview focuses on integration at Texas state universities.
Date: July 13, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 35 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Bynum, Katherine & Sanford, Jaspyr
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo, July 3, 2015

Description: Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo. Billy Leo is the former mayor of La Joya, Texas. Filomena Leo was an educator for over 30 years and retired as the Superintendent of Schools for La Joya ISD. Mr. and Mrs. Leo discuss their experiences with politics and community leadership in South Texas. Mr. Leo discusses his father, Leo J. Leo's political career.
Date: July 3, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Leo, Billy & Leo, Filomena
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alcadio Zamudio, July 1, 2015

Description: Interview with Alcadio Zamudio, from Weslaco, Texas. In his interview, Mr. Zamudio discusses his background, attending the University of Wisconsin, organizing in Wisconsin among migrant workers, La Raza Unida in Wisconsin, the Pharr, Texas riot, and other topics related to Chicano rights and political activity.
Date: July 1, 2015
Duration: 49 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Zamudio, Alcadio
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Israel Reyna, July 10, 2015

Description: Interview with Israel Reyna, a lawyer and community activist from Laredo, Texas. In his interview, Reyna discusses his family history, residential and school segregation, student activism, civil rights organization Mexican Americans for Democratic Action (MADA), La Raza Unida, the Chicano movement, and elections in South Texas.
Date: July 10, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Reyna, Israel
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Carlos Moore, July 29, 2015

Description: Interview with Carlos Moore, from Fort Worth, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his early life and family history, time in the military, race relations in Fort Worth, labor unions and Democratic party activities.
Date: July 29, 2015
Duration: 56 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Krochmal, Max & Moore, Carlos
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Juan Vargas, July 7, 2015

Description: Interview with Juan Vargas, from Laredo, Texas. In his interview, Mr. Vargas discusses his military service and education, his family background, growing up in Laredo, discrimination he experienced in the US Navy, political activism with Raza Unida, the Chicano movement, employment, and his work with the Community Action Agency, and assistance for Colonias.
Date: July 7, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Krochmal, Max & Vargas, Juan
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
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Eloy Barrera, July 22, 2016

Description: Mr. Barrera grew up in and around Del Rio, Texas. His father was a sheep sheerer. Barrera talked about the importance of education to his parents and learning "proper" Spanish. He also talked about the San Felipe barrio and the schools. Later he moved out of the barrio into a more mixed community. He talked about the disparity in sporting equipment between Del Rio ISD & San Felipe. He also talked about teaching drama in Del Rio, the march in 1969, and the impact of school consolidation in 197… more
Date: July 22, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Barrera, Eloy
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alejandro Perez, July 14, 2016

Description: Perez talked about his life as a migrant worker and working in a cannery. Supporting the walkouts in Uvalde was his first political march. He also participated in voter registration drives at Texas A&I. Mr. Perez also discusses his time working with the La Raza Unida Party in Crystal City.
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Perez, Alejandro
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Rogelio Munoz on July 8, 2016.

Description: Rogelio talks about growing up in Uvalde and the amount of discrimination he faced, especially as a young man playing football. He talks about Uvalde's local economy of sheep/goat sheering.
Date: July 8, 2016
Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Munoz , Rogelio
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gilberto Torres, July 6, 2016

Description: Gilberto Torres grew up around Uvalde and the Winter Garden area. He recalled different instances of discrimination against people of Mexican descent, particular in school settings. Torres had a long career in the military and a prolonged tenure in the Uvalde County Commissioner's Court. He reminisced about his contentious relationship with other members of the court, and the sometimes heated exchanges between them.
Date: July 6, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Torres, Gilberto
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Diana Salgado, July 29, 2016

Description: Diana Salgado grew up in the Barrio Chihuahua area of Del Rio in the 1940s. She recalled the discrimination in public spaces in the city (movie theaters, soda fountains…) and how the operators of these places would sometimes try to give her preferential treatment over other Mexican Americans due to her fair skin. Salgado married and dropped out of school shortly before her expected graduation; after spending some years in Arizona, her husband and her moved to San Jose, California, where she fou… more
Date: July 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Salgado, Diana
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jose Uriegas on July 9, 2016.

Description: Uriegas talks about growing up in Uvalde, being run out of Uvalde as a young man, and finishing high school in Del Rio. He talks about how Anglos in Uvalde used to turn the gas off the "Mexican" side of town to preserve pressure for the Anglo side when the weather was cold. He talks about the constant pressure that discriminatory treatment has on an individual's psyche. He talks about MAYO in Uvalde and serving on Uvalde city council. The most interesting part of the interview is him talking ab… more
Date: July 9, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Uriegas, Jose
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Manuel Polanco, July 27, 2016

Description: Mr. Polanco is a former San Felipe student and former football coach with Del Rio High. He talks a little bit about his youth, some about his experiences at Texas A&I, and mostly about the school district consolidation. Some experiences about discrimination. One interesting fact about many of the Del Rio interviews--each of them seem to remember the segregated San Felipe District with special fondness despite, or perhaps, because of the segregation.
Date: July 27, 2016
Duration: 52 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Polanco, Manuel
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Irma Mireles, July 5, 2016

Description: Irma Mireles is a civil rights activist from San Antonio. She was active in Raza Unida. Mireles was elected to a seat on the San Antonio River Authority and held office for six years.
Date: July 5, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Mireles, Irma
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Roberto Morales, July 10, 2016

Description: Roberto Morales is one of the children of Genoveva Morales, a longtime education activist in Uvalde and the lead plaintiff in Morales v. Shannon, a MALDEF-led class action suit that pushed the Uvalde ISD to ensure the desegregation of the local schools. Morales talked about his mother's character and her relationships with other activists in the area, including her trip to Crystal City to meet Cesar Chavez. Morales also talked about his own experience with discrimination in the Uvalde schools, … more
Date: July 10, 2016
Duration: 32 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Morales, Roberto
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Lupe Sotelo, July 25, 2016

Description: Lupe Sotelo is a Del Rio native and a former student of the San Felipe ISD. He also taught at San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District schools after consolidation, and went on to work as principal and superintendent in other communities in Texas. Mr. Sotelo talked about the encouragement of teachers at San Felipe and how he could have been considered an "at risk" student in his youth. The second half of the interview features Sotelo's interpretation of the events surrounding … more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 53 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Sotelo, Lupe
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Eloy Padilla on July 19, 2018

Description: Even though Eloy Padilla lived in a neighborhood under the jurisdiction of Del Rio ISD, he and his brother transferred voluntarily to San Felipe, which they considered to have a more welcoming environment. He recalled being passed over for opportunities in Del Rio school sports due to his ethnicity. After finishing high school, Padilla went to UT in the 60s and quickly became involved in Chicano activism; he was one of the first members of MASO, and joined their activities in and out of campus.… more
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 01 second
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Padilla, Eloy
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alfredo Santos on July 4, 2016.

Description: Alfredo Santos was born in southern California; after spending the first years of his life attending schools there, he moved to Uvalde and started attending schools there. While he had some awareness of disparities and the strains in relations between Anglos and Mexican Americans, he became politicized while attending high school. He joined the local chapter of MAYO, led by Amaro Cardona and Rogelio Muñoz, and was involved in their early direct action activities, including protests against poli… more
Date: July 4, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Santos, Alfredo
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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