Oral History Interview with Dalila Dolenz, June 10 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Dalila Dolenz, June 10 2015

Interview with Dalila Dolenz, a nurse and civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas. In the interview, she discusses her work, activism and interaction with Cesar Chavez
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Dolenz, Dalila; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frances Rizo, June 10, 2015 captions transcript

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 Ida Bridgewater, June 10, 2010 transcript

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 Israel Reyna, July 10, 2015 captions transcript

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 Joreen Waddell, July 10, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Joreen Waddell, July 10, 2015

Interview with Joreen Waddell, a teacher from Huntsville, Texas. In her interview, Waddell discusses her childhood, racial discrimination and segregation in Huntsville, community activism, civil rights organizations, school integration, and the HA-YOU (Huntsville Action for Youth) student organization
Date: July 10, 2015
Creator: Waddell, Joreen & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pauline Gasca-Valenciano, June 10, 2015 captions transcript

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 Ricardo De Anda, July 10, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ricardo De Anda, July 10, 2015

Interview with Ricardo De Anda, a civil rights attorney from Laredo, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his early life and education, political activism, the Chicano movement, Black Panthers, and working on the Ramsey Muniz campaign. He also talks about his work with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and legal cases related to school segregation.
Date: July 10, 2015
Creator: De Anda, Ricardo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Medrano, June 10, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Medrano, June 10, 2015

Interview with Robert Medrano, businessman and elected official from Dallas, Texas. Medrano is the son of Francisco "Pancho" Medrano and brother of Ricardo Medrano, also local politicians. In his interview, Medrano discusses his his upbringing in the "Little Mexico" section of Dallas, his family's political activities, and Chicano activism in the 1960s and 1970s.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Medrano, Robert & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rolando Herrera, July 10, 2015 transcript

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