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Oral History Interview with Gloria McGuire, July 28, 2016
Gloria McGuire was born and raised in Marathon, a town in Brewster Co., Texas (north of Alpine). She recalled her hometown as a highly segregated community, with a lost of hostility against people of Mexican descent. Her father, an immigrant from Mexico, founded a Mutualist association in Marathon and was involved in several initiatives to protect the community from the worst of discrimination. She recounted that many young Mexican Americans abandoned their studies due to neglect/mistreatment, and those who progressed in their education were usually singled out by hostile teachers and staff. Her education was interrupted by marriage and moving abroad (her husband was in the military). After returning to Texas, she got a degree in education from Sul Ross, and was eventually hired to teach in the San Felipe ISD on 1971, right before the consolidation into SFDRCISD. McGuire provided her testimony of the events surrounding the consolidation and the strained relationships between Del Rio and San Felipe teachers. She also spoke at length about the need to fight to defend bilingual education programs after consolidation, and her role to maintain and expand them.
Date:
July 28, 2016
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & McGuire, Gloria
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Andrew Hernandez, June 8, 2016
Mr. Hernandez was raised in San Antonio, spending most of his formative years in the east side. While young, he became involved in local politics, working for several high profile campaigns, including State Senator Joe Bernal. He studied political science in Trinity University; at a very young age, he was offered the opportunity to work as the first Research Director for SVREP. He collected data and worked with MALDEF and SVREP attorneys to combat voting discrimination in Texas. In 1980, he ran Ted Kennedy's presidential campaign in the southwest. After the death of Willie Velasquez, he took the reins of SVREP. He returned to partisan politics later on, working with the Democratic Party. In addition to his account of his work in San Antonio politics and SVREP, Mr. Hernandez talks about the Mexican American and the broader "Latino/a" vote and the role of these constituencies in national electoral politics.
Date:
June 8, 2016
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio & Hernandez, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rubye Jones and Julia Williams, June 30, 2015
Interview with Rubye Jones and Julia Williams, from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Jones and Williams discuss their family backgrounds, higher education at Bishop and Wiley Colleges, experiences with racial discrimination, and their involvement with the Civil Rights Movement. Ms. Jones's uncle Romeo Williams, was a prominent African-American civil rights attorney in Marshall who was killed in an accident in 1960.
Date:
June 30, 2015
Creator:
Jones, Rubye; Williams, Julia; Bynum, Katherine & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alicia Chacon, July 25, 2016
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
Creator:
Chacon, Alicia; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bennie Sherman, June 12, 2015
Interview with Bennie Sherman from Fort Worth, Texas. In the interview, Sherman discusses his early life, living under Jim Crow segregation, education in Fort Worth schools, and the Civil Rights Movement in Fort Worth.
Date:
June 12, 2015
Creator:
Sherman, Bennie & Moye, Todd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fernando Chacon, July 20, 2015
Interview with Fernando Chacon, lawyer and activist from El Paso, Texas. In the interview Chacon discusses his early life and education, his advocacy for migrant workers, his activism in the Chicano movement, and El Paso politics.
Date:
July 20, 2015
Creator:
Chacon, Fernando; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarice Watkins, June 25, 2015
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
Creator:
Watkins, Clarice & Bynum, Katherine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Ojeda, July 9, 2015
Interview with David Ojeda, a civil rights activist from Carrizo Springs, Texas. In the interview, Ojeda discusses his childhood, experiences with segregation, becoming involved with civil rights organizations, the Chicano Movement, and Raza Unida.
Date:
July 9, 2015
Creator:
Ojeda, David; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James E. Johnson, July 21, 2015
Interview with James E. Johnson, a retired professor of education from Prairie View, Texas. Johnson earned a doctorate from Texas A&M in 1967 and taught at Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern University. In his interview, he discusses his early life, military service, attending Texas A&M, racial integration, and his career as an educator.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Johnson, James E. & Bynum, Katherine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Garza, Leo, June 24, 2015
Interview with Leo Garza, a Chicano activist from Harlingen, Texas. In his interview, Garza discusses his early life, his activism, the Raza Unida Party, civil rights organizations, his work as a teacher, healthcare in South Texas, and the needs of the migrant community.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Garza, Leo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Turner, June 24, 2015
Interview with Joe Turner from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Turner discusses his early life and moving to Texas, experiencing racial discrimination in Whitehouse, Texas, his work for the Carrier company in Tyler, and union organizing.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Turner, Joe & Bynum, Katherine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Minnie Mosley Gram and Rostell Williams, June 29, 2015
Interview with Minnie Mosley Gram and Rostell Williams, civil rights activists from Tyler, Texas. Gram and Rostell discuss their early lives, student activism, Jim Crow segregation, and community organizing in Tyler.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Creator:
Gram, Minnie Mosley; Williams, Rostell & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lupe Mendez on July 6, 2016
Guadalupe "Lupe" Mendez was born in 1976 in Jalisco, Mexico and came of age in Galveston. On the island, he spent his early years in the Mexican American Magnolia Homes and the African American Palm Terrace, two public housing projects that were destroyed during Hurricane Ike. Mendez attended Catholic schools and had to overcome the lack of bilingual education programs. He eventually relocated to Houston to attend the University of St. Thomas, where he as participated in several ethnic and cross-racial literary endeavors including Nuestra Palabra, the Word Around Town, and Tintero Projects. Mendez talks about how the Latina/o community is the silent minority in Galveston, the political machine on the island, and how hurricanes have shaped the social, political, and economic landscape of Galveston. He also discusses the goal and purpose of Nuestra Palabra and Tinero Projects in providing a space for Latina/o poets and writers, how the World Around Town brings together ethnically diverse poets to present in several communities throughout Houston, his dedication to bilingual education, and the struggle for Mexican American Studies in K-12.
Date:
July 6, 2016
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Mendez, Lupe
System:
The Portal to Texas History