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Oral History Interview with Gloria Moon, June 25, 2015

Description: Interview with Gloria Moon, an educator from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Moon discusses her family background, school integration in Marshall, and her experiences with racial discrimination.
Date: June 25, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Moon, Gloria; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Dulaney, Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Amancio Chapa, June 6, 2015

Description: Interview with Amancio Chapa, former mayor of La Joya, Texas. In his interview he discusses his childhood and education in Corpus Christi, the Chicano movement, the Raza Unida Party and politics in South Texas.
Date: June 25, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Chapa, Amancio & Enriquez, Sandra
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Francisco Briones, June 25, 2015

Description: Interview with Francisco Briones, a civil rights activist from Alamo, Texas, near McAllen. In his interview, Briones discusses his early life, his education at Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and his activism in the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date: June 25, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Briones, Francisco; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alicia Chacon, July 25, 2016

Description: Interview with Alicia Chacon, the first Mexican-American woman to be elected as a city council representative from El Paso, Texas. She was also elected to the school board and as county clerk. Chacon discusses her community involvement and political career, including working in the Jimmy Carter administration.
Date: July 25, 2015
Duration: 44 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Chacon, Alicia; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Clarice Watkins, June 25, 2015

Description: Interview with Clarice Watkins, a Justice of the Peace from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Watkins discusses her background, education, racial violence, community activism, integration, experiences with discrimination, and her radio career.
Date: June 25, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Watkins, Clarice & Bynum, Katherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with RC Salinas, June 25, 2015

Description: Interview with RC Salinas, an educator from Rio Grande City, Texas. In the interview, Salinas discusses his early life, education at Texas A&M, career, Chicano activism, religion, and the history of Rio Grande City.
Date: June 25, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Salinas, RC; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Bertha Linton on July 25, 2016

Description: Berta Perez Linton was born in 1942 or 1943 in Brady, Texas. She attended schools in Melvin, Texas until 7th grade while her family lived in a ranch. Linton’s family then moved to San Angelo, Texas where she graduated from Central High School in 1961. Linton attended Angelo College for one year and a half before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. Linton graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a major in elementary education in 1967. She taught bilingual education i… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Linton, Bertha
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Willie Serna, July 25, 2016

Description: Guillermo "Willie" Serna was born in Seguin, Texas in 1927 where he attended “Mexican schools.” He served in the Pacific during World War II after volunteering in 1944 (he was in the service until 1947). Upon his return to Seguin, Serna was part of creating the fourth chapter of the American GI Forum in his home town in 1948 with over 100 members. He worked as a migrant farm worker, traveling to West Texas, Ohio and Indiana. In Indiana he, Serna organized a strike for higher wages that were equ… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Serna, Willie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Arnoldo De Leon, July 25, 2016

Description: Arnoldo De Leon was born in 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas. His family lived in Chapman Ranch, an unincorporated community in Nueces County, south of Corpus Christi. In 1956, the De Leons and their family of ten children moved to Robstown. De Leon graduated from high school in 1962 after which he worked in the cotton fields of the area to save up for college, a job he had during summers as a child and teenager. He attended Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, but he could not afford to attend … more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 53 minutes 01 second
Creator: De Leon, Arnoldo & Zapata, Joel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Daler Wade, July 25, 2016

Description: Mrs. Wade attended an all-Black school in Houston and during freedom of choice the Black students collectively decided not to integrate because white school officials had sought to only allow the top Black students to integrate. Wade benefited from the land ownership of her family. By owning land, Wade's mother was able to take care of her two children following the early death of her husband. Wade attributed her father's early death to an injury that occurred during his military service. Wade… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 3 hours 08 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmine & Wade, Daler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Cody Wheeler, July 25, 2016

Description: Cody Wheeler was born in Dalhart, Texas in 1985. He moved to Pasadena with his family in 1991. Wheeler developed a political consciousness as a young kid due to his father's union involvement. He attended schools in the Pasadena Independent School District and graduated from Deer Park High School. In 2003, he joined the Marines and did tours in Iraq. Upon his return from the war, he enrolled at the University of Houston. The persistent stark differences between North and South Pasadena pushed h… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Wheeler, Cody
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Tino Gonzalez, July 25, 2016

Description: Florentino "Tino" Gonzalez was born in 1959 in Galveston and came of age in the Eastend, an African American and Mexican American neighborhood. He attended Catholic school for his primary and secondary education and struggled initially to learn English. After doing construction work for a few years post-graduation, Gonzalez attended Galveston College where he recieved the individualized attention necessary to thrive and matriculate. As the Vice President of Moody National Bank, he served on man… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 32 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Gonzalez, Tino
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Chris Escobar, July 25, 2016

Description: Chris Escobar is an artist activist who does outreach at La Casa de la Cultura in Del Rio. In the interview, he speaks about migrant work, his father as a vaquero, going on the migrant trail, etc. He also speaks about college and the difficulties of being poor and its attendant effects on his studies at St Edwards & UTEP. He talks a little bit about Austin & learning from Raúl Valdez.
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Escobar, Chris
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Victor San Miguel and David Gomez on June 25, 2016.

Description: Video recording of a group interview with Victor San Miguel and David Gomez, two of the current leaders of the Brown Berets in San Antonio, Texas. During the interview each of the men discusses his background and upbringing, and how he came to join the organization. Additionally, Mr. San Miguel explains the role of the southside Brown Berets and the philosophy of Carnalismo including anecdotes about traveling to other cities in Texas to organize Brown Berets, as well as several specific prote… more
Date: June 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; San Miguel, Victor & Gomez, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Claudis Minor on June 25, 2016

Description: Claudis talks about his parents working at Kelly Field; discrimination at Kelly; segregation in San Antonio; sports--black and brown; his time in the military--stationed in Ethiopia; SNCC in San Antonio;
Date: June 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Minor , Claudis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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