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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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 24, 2015 (Part 2)
Interview with Salvador Balcorta, the CEO of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe clinic in El Paso. Mr. Balcorta discusses his work in providing healthcare in El Paso and surrounding communities, his Chicano activism,working against gang violence, the Chicano AIDS Coalition, substandard housing and education in El Paso. This is the second of two interviews Mr. Balcorta participated in.
Date:
July 24, 2015
Creator:
Balcorta, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Garza, Leo, June 24, 2015
Interview with Leo Garza, a Chicano activist from Harlingen, Texas. In his interview, Garza discusses his early life, his activism, the Raza Unida Party, civil rights organizations, his work as a teacher, healthcare in South Texas, and the needs of the migrant community.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Garza, Leo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cedrick Granberry, June 24, 2015
Interview with Cedrick Granberry, a barber and business owner from Tyler, Texas. In his interview, Granberry discusses his early life, his education at Tyler public schools, his experiences with racial discrimination and his involvement with the NAACP.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Granberry, Cedirck; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Dulaney, W. Marvin & Bynum, Katherine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maricela Lozano, June 24, 2015
Interview with Maricela Lozano, business owner from Elsa, Texas. In the interview, Lozano discusses her early life, experiences with discrimination at school, student walkouts, activism, and politics. Lozano discusses the 1968 Edcouch-Elsa student walkout.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Lozano, Maricela; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe Turner, June 24, 2015
Interview with Joe Turner from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Turner discusses his early life and moving to Texas, experiencing racial discrimination in Whitehouse, Texas, his work for the Carrier company in Tyler, and union organizing.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
Turner, Joe & Bynum, Katherine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Miguel de los Santos June 24, 2015
Interview with Miguel de los Santos, an educator from Edinburg, Texas. He discusses his childhood, education, his career as a school principal, and later a superintendent of schools in communities in Texas.
Date:
June 24, 2015
Creator:
de los Santos, Miguel & Enriquez, Sandra
System:
The Portal to Texas History