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Oral History Interview with Jerry Alonzo, July 11, 2015
Interview with Jerry Alonzo from Laredo, Texas. He discusses his childhood and education, military service in Vietnam, his work at Southwestern Bell, the Communication Workers of America labor union, and his involvement in election campaigns.
Date:
July 11, 2015
Creator:
Alonzo, Gerardo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Alvarado, June 28, 2016
Robert talks about growing up in San Antonio; his time with the Brown Berets; and environmental racism with the chemical spill at Kelly AFB
Date:
June 28, 2016
Creator:
Alvarado, Roberto; Sinta, Vinicio & Arionus, Steve
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Silvia Alvarado, June 11, 2016
Overview of Corpus Christi ISD history and personal history
Date:
June 11, 2016
Creator:
Alvarado, Silvia & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lorena Andrade, July 17, 2015
Interview with Lorena Andrade, civil rights and labor activist from El Paso, Texas. Ms. Andrade was born in Los Angeles, California and attended the University of Minnesota, where she became involved with Chicano activism. In El Paso, she has been an advocate for labor and founded the organization La Mujer Obrera, The Working Woman, to support women affected by NAFTA.
Date:
July 17, 2015
Creator:
Andrade, Lorena; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eloy Barrera, July 22, 2016
Mr. Barrera grew up in and around Del Rio, Texas. His father was a sheep sheerer. Barrera talked about the importance of education to his parents and learning "proper" Spanish. He also talked about the San Felipe barrio and the schools. Later he moved out of the barrio into a more mixed community. He talked about the disparity in sporting equipment between Del Rio ISD & San Felipe. He also talked about teaching drama in Del Rio, the march in 1969, and the impact of school consolidation in 1971. He also mentioned discrimination his drama students experienced during a UIL meet where they were the better team but the Anglo judges gave the win to another team.
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Barrera, Eloy
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gonzalo Barrientos, June 6, 2016
Gonzalo Barrientos discusses his life growing up in Bastrop, Texas and later serving as a Democratic State Senator representing the 14th District from 1985-2007. He was also a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Austin from 1975-1985.
Date:
June 6, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Barrientos, Gonzalo
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Becky Brenner, July 5, 2016
Becky talks about her activism, mostly outside of Texas, with SNCC & SDS; her later career; and lifelong commitment to racial justice
Date:
July 5, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Brenner, Becky
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rebecca Flores, July 10, 2016
Rebecca talks about growing up in rural areas and in San Antonio, working in the fields, her time at Texas A&I, and her politicization at University of Michigan; she also talks about feminism; she also talks about her exclusion from the Chicano Movement to a certain degree because she worked full time;
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Flores, Rebecca
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rebecca Flores, July 10, 2016
Rebecca talks about growing up in rural areas and in San Antonio, working in the fields, her time at Texas A&I, and her politicization at University of Michigan; she also talks about feminism; she also talks about her exclusion from the Chicano Movement to a certain degree because she worked full time.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Flores, Rebecca
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arturo Gonzales, July 12, 2016
Arturo spoke about growing up in Crystal City. Him working the fields during his earlier years. He speaks a lot about local Crystal City politics. The initial push for representation envisaged by Los Cinco. Some about local Crystal City folks who were drafted for Vietnam. During this period--late 1960s, Arturo went to Wisconsin to work and live. He talked about the Crystal City walkouts--hearing about them in Wisconsin then moving back--and the demands that the students made. Finally, he talks a lot about Raza Unida internal politics, especially his side of the split. He was with the Barrio club/anti-Gutierrez faction and running Gutierrez out of Crystal City.
Date:
July 12, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Gonzales, Arturo
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Harrington, June 13, 2016
Mr. Harrington talks about his early years doing work in migrant labor camps; going to law school; working as a lawyer in the valley; and his later work with the Texas civil rights project
Date:
June 13, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Harrington, Jim
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sylvia Hererra, June 10, 2016
Sylvia Herrera talks about growing up in East Austin; black-brown relations, the differences in education; environmental justice, PODER; Teatro Chicano; and Vietnam protests.
Date:
June 10, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Herrera, Sylvia
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alonso Martinez on July 29, 2016
Alonso speaks about growing up in San Felipe and the segregated nature of Del Rio generally. He also speaks a great deal about migrant farm work and following the seasonal harvest. He speaks about his time in the West Texas cotton fields and speaking Spanish in Anglo schools out in West Texas. He talks a little bit about the 1969 Palm Sunday march--he wasn't a participant but he talks about the march. He also talks about the importance of education he received from Bambi Cardenas and Aurelio Montemayor who were both educators at San Felipe in the late 1960s. All in all, this is a great interview that has tons of useful information on Del Rio, San Felipe, and Alonso's life story.
Date:
July 29, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Martinez, Alonso
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jaime Martinez, July 1, 2016
Jaime Martinez was a Civil rights activist and farm worker advocate from San Antonio. Martinez served as the Chairman of the Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation board and was a lifetime advocate for civil rights. Martinez grew up on the West side San Antonio and attended Lanier High School. In his interview, he talked about his life as a labor organizer, having a street named after him, and what it takes to be an organizer. He died in July of 2017.
Date:
July 1, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Martinez, Jaime
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Mendoza, July 9, 2016
Frank talks about his early life growing up in the fields as a migrant working and working in San Antonio. He also talks about his poetry.
Date:
July 9, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Mendoza, Frank
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Claudis Minor on June 25, 2016
Claudis talks about his parents working at Kelly Field; discrimination at Kelly; segregation in San Antonio; sports--black and brown; his time in the military--stationed in Ethiopia; SNCC in San Antonio;
Date:
June 25, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Minor , Claudis
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Diana Montejano on June 29, 2016.
Diane Montejano is a poet, educator, and activist. In her interview, Montejano talks about growing up on the west side of San Antonio, her role in the Brown Berets, differences between Southside/Westside Berets, and the decline of Berets.
Date:
June 29, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Montejano, Diana
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rogelio Munoz on July 8, 2016.
Rogelio talks about growing up in Uvalde and the amount of discrimination he faced, especially as a young man playing football. He talks about Uvalde's local economy of sheep/goat sheering.
Date:
July 8, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Munoz , Rogelio
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mario Salas, June 23, 2016
This is a wide-ranging interview by Mario Salas from his time as a child to his aspirations in the political arena
Date:
June 23, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Salas, Mario
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jovita Cazares, July 19, 2016
Jovita Casarez was born in Acuña, across the border from Del Rio. After marrying, she and her family settled in Del Rio and started migrating to many different parts of the United States to work in the fields. After her husband was injured on the job in the 1970s, the family had to move to Madison, Wisconsin so that he could receive treatment. There, she started her career as an organizer after being hired by a farmworkers' rights organization. Upon their return to Del Rio, the Cazares established in San Felipe; a seasoned activist, Jovita became deeply enmeshed in local politics and grassroots activism. Cazares talks at length about several events that impacted her life, including the 1998 floods that destroyed her house, the death of her daughter and other personal and family struggles. In the mid 1990s, Cazares was the plaintiff in Cazares v. Val Verde County, a lawsuit that challenged the practice of allowing former Laughlin AFB personnel from submitting absentee ballots for local elections.
Date:
July 19, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Cazares, Jovita
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History