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Oral History Interview with Eulalio Calderon, July 28, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Eulalio Calderon, July 28, 2016

Eulalio "Lalo" Calderon speaks about his early years in San Felipe schools and the community coming together to build some of the structures within the school district. Calderon speaks to the reasons why San Felipe lost out on the kids from Laughlin AFB. The federal government provided additional funds, per student, for every base kid that attended a particular school. Calderon speaks of how San Felipe superintendent, J.B. Pena, signed an agreement with Del Rio superintendent that allowed the base kids to go to the Del Rio school district.
Date: July 28, 2016
Creator: Calderon, Eulalio; Arionus, Steve & Sinta, Vinicio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jose Uriegas on July 9, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jose Uriegas on July 9, 2016.

Uriegas talks about growing up in Uvalde, being run out of Uvalde as a young man, and finishing high school in Del Rio. He talks about how Anglos in Uvalde used to turn the gas off the "Mexican" side of town to preserve pressure for the Anglo side when the weather was cold. He talks about the constant pressure that discriminatory treatment has on an individual's psyche. He talks about MAYO in Uvalde and serving on Uvalde city council. The most interesting part of the interview is him talking about him running VISTA MMP.
Date: July 9, 2016
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Uriegas, Jose
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Roen Salinas on June 16, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Roen Salinas on June 16, 2016.

Roen Salinas is from Austin, Texas. He is one of the founding members of Ballet Folklorico Aztlan de Tejas, an internationally known dance troupe. In his interview, Salinas speaks about the role of the cultural arm of the Chicano movement.
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Salinas , Roen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Urdy on June 17, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Urdy on June 17, 2016.

Urdy talks about his life, politics, his time at Prairie View and student activism there; going to University of Texas as a black graduate student.
Date: June 17, 2016
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Urdy , Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raul Valdez on June 13, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Raul Valdez on June 13, 2016.

Mr. Valdez grew up in Del Rio, but also spent time in California and San Antonio. While attending high school in Del Rio, he and his rock band were involved in the Palm Sunday rally. He was later drafted into the military and sent to Vietnam. Mr. Vasquez attended A&I, where he honed his art and took part in activism. Throughout the interview, Mr. Valdez talks about the role of art (visual arts and music) in Chicano activism.
Date: June 13, 2016
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Valdez, Raul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alfredo Santos on July 4, 2016. captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Alfredo Santos on July 4, 2016.

Alfredo Santos was born in southern California; after spending the first years of his life attending schools there, he moved to Uvalde and started attending schools there. While he had some awareness of disparities and the strains in relations between Anglos and Mexican Americans, he became politicized while attending high school. He joined the local chapter of MAYO, led by Amaro Cardona and Rogelio Muñoz, and was involved in their early direct action activities, including protests against police brutality and their efforts to instill ethnic pride among Mexican American students. While he was no longer attending school, he supported the 1970 walkout. Santos later moved to California and went to college there, majoring in economics at UCLA. While in California, his activism turned to farm workers' struggle (and in the interview he suggested this was his main interest). The next decades, Santos worked in a variety of jobs in different places; upon returning to Texas, he created a network of bilingual publications named La Voz -- one of which was based in Uvalde. Santos currently runs La Voz in Austin and is highly involved in Chicano politics across Texas.
Date: July 4, 2016
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Santos, Alfredo
System: The Portal to Texas History