Oral History Interview with Vickie Gomez, July 5, 2016
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Vickie Gomez was born in Barstow, Texas. Both her father and grandfather tended goats when Gomez was a child. Her family moved to Odessa in 1945, and Gomez attended mixed Anglo and Mexican schools. Gomez first when to Odessa High School and then Ector County High School, where she graduated from in 1959. Gomez then went to Odessa College, after being discouraged from attending university by a high school counselor. At the same time, she became the first Hispanic to work for the city’s First Nat…
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Date:
July 5, 2016
Duration:
1 hour 22 minutes 40 seconds
Creator:
Zapata, Joel & Gomez, Vickie
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TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library