Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

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.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a pair of pilot's wings awarded to decorated Marine Lieutenant Henry A. Commiskey at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.

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 longer than a year. He joined the military in order to attend college, joining the U.S. Air Force from 1963-1967. While stationed in San Angelo, Texas, he attended Angelo State University where he obtained his B.A. in history in 1970. TCU recruited De Leon, where he obtained his M.A. and PhD in history (1974). He taught Mexican American history at Angelo State and authored or co-authored 21 books.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival in Corpus Christi of the U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Tripoli, the first to ever occupy the city's bay.

Discussed his career as a local educator and the history of the black community in Corpus Christi.

Discussed his career as a minister and a member of the school board.