Oral History Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo, July 3, 2015 captions transcript

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 A.C. Jaime, July 2, 2015 captions transcript

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 Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015 captions transcript

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 Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015

Interview with Jaime Garza, civil rights activist from Mercedes, Texas. In his interview, Garza discusses his early life, education, activism, the Raza Unida Party and El Colegio Jacinto Trevino, the Brown Berets, the Chicano movement in Texas, and riots in Pharr, Texas in 1971.
Date: July 2, 2015
Creator: Garza, Jaime; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, July 2, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, July 2, 2015

Interview with Narciso Aleman, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his activism and the ideologies behind the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date: July 2, 2015
Creator: Aleman, Narciso; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
City of Edinburg Master Drainage Plan (open access)

City of Edinburg Master Drainage Plan

Report on the master drainage plan for the city of Edinburg, Texas.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Civil Systems Engineering, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Abel Ochoa, July 1, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Abel Ochoa, July 1, 2015

Interview with Abel Ochoa, educator from Donna, Texas. In the interview, Ochoa discusses his upbringing, education, military service, civil rights activism, and the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date: July 1, 2015
Creator: Ochoa, Abel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alcadio Zamudio, July 1, 2015 captions transcript

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