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Oral History Interview with Christy Martinez-Garcia, June 14, 2016
Christy Martinez-Garcia was born and raised in Lubbock. She attended Lubbock High School, Lamar University, and completed her degree at Texas Tech University. After college, Martinez-Garcia worked for the Lubbock city government and then for the National Council of La Raza in Washington D.C. Upon her return to Lubbock, Martinez-Garcia sought to counter the local media narrative that mostly only depicted Hispanics as criminals or only immigrants. Thus, she founded the magazine, Latino Lubbock. She also ran for a position in the Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees. Martinez-Garcia has participated in numerous community organizations and was responsible for the naming of Cesar Chavez street in Lubbock as well as having a historical marker for a what once a migrant labor camp.
Date:
June 14, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Martinez-Garcia, Christy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Butler opens tour; feud flares]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Democratic National Party Chairman Paul Butler coming to Dallas to begin a week-long series of speeches in Texas.
Date:
June 14, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library