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Oral History Interview with Diana Palacios, July 9, 2015
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
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra & Palacios, Diana
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frances Rizo, June 10, 2015
Interview with Frances Rizo, a community activist and civic volunteer from Dallas, Texas. In her interview, Rizo discusses her family background, experiencing discrimination in school, civic engagement, politics, and working in broadcasting.
Date:
June 10, 2015
Creator:
Bynum, Katherine & Rizo, Frances
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fermin Dorado, July 24, 2015
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
Creator:
Robles, David; Enriquez, Sandra & Dorado, Fermin
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015
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
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Garcia, Gilberto & Garza, Jaime
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jaspyr Sanford, July 13, 2015
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
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Bynum, Katherine & Sanford, Jaspyr
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tony Gutierrez, June 16, 2015
Interview with Tony Gutierrez, an activist and former county commissioner from from Harlingen, Texas. In his interview, Gutierrez discusses his background, working life, his local political activism, and race relations in Harlingen.
Date:
June 16, 2015
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra & Gutierrez, Tony
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo, July 3, 2015
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
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Leo, Billy & Leo, Filomena
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alcadio Zamudio, July 1, 2015
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
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Zamudio, Alcadio
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Israel Reyna, July 10, 2015
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
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Reyna, Israel
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pauline Gasca-Valenciano, June 10, 2015
Interview with Pauline Gasca Valenciano, a civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas. She became involved in politics in the early 1960s, when she volunteered for Viva Kennedy. She later worked with the Democratic party, LULAC, and the American GI Forum. She was an advocate for migrant farm workers and honored by the National Association of Human Rights for her work in civil rights.
Date:
June 10, 2015
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Krochmal, Max & Gasca-Valenciano, Pauline
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Carlos Moore, July 29, 2015
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
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Krochmal, Max & Moore, Carlos
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Juan Vargas, July 7, 2015
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
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Krochmal, Max & Vargas, Juan
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Guillermo Glenn, July 16, 2015
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
Creator:
Glenn, Guillermo & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Oscar Martinez, July 7, 2015
Interview with Oscar Martinez, a retired Justice of the Peace from Laredo, Texas. Martinez discusses his childhood and family background, education, experiences with discrimination, service in the U.S. Air Force, and his activism and membership in LULAC.
Date:
July 7, 2015
Creator:
Martinez, Oscar; Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Krochmal, Max
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Salvador Avila, July 24, 2015
Interview with Salvador Avila, a civil rights activist from Canutillo, Texas. Mr. Avila discusses his early life, education, career, race relations and his involvement with civil rights and community organizations in the El Paso area.
Date:
July 24, 2015
Creator:
Avila, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ida Bridgewater, June 10, 2010
Ida Bridgewater discusses growing up in the Stop Six Neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, where her parents, Garfield and Dorothy Thompson were civil rights activists. Her father graduated from I.M. Terrell High School and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was elected state representative of District 95 and held office for 10 years until his retirement.
Date:
June 10, 2015
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Krochmal, Max & Bridgewater, Ida
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pete Duarte, July 23, 2015
Interview with Pete Duarte from El Paso, Texas.
Date:
July 23, 2015
Creator:
Robles, David & Duarte, Pete
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lorena Andrade, July 17, 2015
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
Creator:
Andrade, Lorena; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rolando Herrera, July 10, 2015
Interview with Rolando Herrera of Laredo, Texas.
Date:
July 10, 2015
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra & Herrera, Rolando
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bessie and Lawrence Hicks, July 14, 2015
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
Creator:
Hicks, Lawrence; Lawrence, Bessie & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ernest Deckard, June 15, 2015
Interview with Ernest Deckard, labor organizer from Tyler, Texas. In his interview, Deckard discusses his childhood and education, his military service in the U.S. Army Air Corps, his work with labor unions, and his experiences with racial discrimination.
Date:
June 15, 2015
Creator:
Deckard, Ernest & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with L. Clifford Davis, June 11, 2015
Interview with L. Clifford Davis, an attorney and community leader from Fort Worth, Texas. In this interview, Davis discusses his early life, education, law practice and civil rights activism in Texas and Arkansas.
Date:
June 11, 2015
Creator:
Davis, L. Clifford; Enriquez, Sandra; Moye, Todd & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with A.C. Jaime, July 2, 2015
Interview with A.C. Jaime, an accountant from McAllen, Texas. Jaime was the first Mexican-American mayor of Pharr, Texas. In his interview, Jaime discusses his early life, education, political and professional career, the riots in Pharr, and race relations in the Rio Grande Valley
Date:
July 2, 2015
Creator:
Jaime, A. C.; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History