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Oral History Interview with Amancio Chapa, June 6, 2015
Interview with Amancio Chapa, former mayor of La Joya, Texas. In his interview he discusses his childhood and education in Corpus Christi, the Chicano movement, the Raza Unida Party and politics in South Texas.
Date:
June 25, 2015
Creator:
Chapa, Amancio & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type:
Video
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Wayne Sadberry, July 8, 2015
Interview with Wayne Sadberry, a curator at the Brazos Valley African-American Museum from Prairie View, Texas. Sadberry discusses his early life, family background, and living under Jim Crow segregation. Sadberry also discusses his education at St. Emma Military Academy in Powhatan, Virginia and service in the Air Force. He also discusses working as a research assistant on a grant project to Antarctica while a graduate student at Texas A&M.
Date:
July 8, 2015
Creator:
Sadberry, Wayne & Moye, Todd
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Vivian Wells, June 13, 2015
Interview with Vivian Wells, a realtor from Fort Worth, Texas. In the interview, Wells discusses her early life, living under Jim Crow segregation, civil rights activism, her work and family, meeting Martin Luther King, Jr., and community organizing.
Date:
June 13, 2015
Creator:
Wells, Vivian; Robles, David & Krochmal, Max
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 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 Edward D. Moore, June 15, 2015
Interview with Edward D. Moore, city councilman from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Moore discusses his family background, childhood, education, desegregation, his work for Kelly-Springfield Tire, labor unions, community activism, and city politics.
Date:
June 15, 2015
Creator:
Moore, Edward D. & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sydney Eloyce Green, June 17, 2015
Interview with Sydney Eloyce Green, teacher from Tyler, Texas. In her interview, Green discusses her early life, education, family genealogy, and experiences with racial discrimination, and school integration in Tyler. Green's father was Sydney Earl (S.E.) Palmer, a community activist who worked to achieve integrated schools in Tyler.
Date:
June 17, 2015
Creator:
Green, Sydney Eloyce & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Betty Joyce Bivens, June 13, 2015
Interview with Betty Joyce Bivens, a retired educator from Fort Worth, Texas. In her interview, she describes her childhood experiences, growing up during the Jim Crow period, her education, her work at General Dynamics and in the public school system, community engagement, church leadership, and voter registration,
Date:
June 13, 2015
Creator:
Bivens, Betty Joyce & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Estrus Tucker, June 12, 2015
Interview with Estrus Tucker, a social worker from Fort Worth, Texas. In his interview, Tucker discusses his background, residential segregation, the Como neighborhood, and community activism in Fort Worth.
Date:
June 12, 2015
Creator:
Tucker, Estrus & Moye, Todd
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ricardo Medrano, June 13, 2015
Interview with Ricardo Medrano, a former city councilman from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Medrano discusses his family background and childhood, political activism, labor activism, the Chicano movement, and his time as an elected leader in Dallas.
Date:
June 13, 2015
Creator:
Medrano, Ricardo; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daniel Acevedo, June 29, 2015
Interview with Daniel Acevedo, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, involvement with the Chicano movement, Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and civil rights activism in South Texas.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Creator:
Acevedo, Daniel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mildred Davis, July 6, 2015
Interview with Mildred Davis, teacher from Bryan, Texas. Davis discusses her childhood, education, career, and community involvement. She also discusses the Brazos Valley African American Museum.
Date:
July 6, 2015
Creator:
Davis, Mildred & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Darryl Bowdre, July 2, 2015
Interview with Darryl Bowdre, a minister, journalist and community leader from Tyler, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, work, and civil rights activism .
Date:
July 2, 2015
Creator:
Bowdre, Darryl & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jimmie Poindexter, July 9, 2015
Interview with Jimmie Poindexter from Prairie View, Texas. In her interview, Poindexter discusses her family history, education, attending Howard University, community organizations and civil rights activism.
Date:
July 9, 2015
Creator:
Poindexter, Jimmie & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015
Interview with Jesus Ramirez, a lawyer from San Juan, Texas. During his interview, Ramirez discusses his family background, Chicano activism, including the Edcouch-Elsa student walkout, and La Raza Unita.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Creator:
Ramirez, Jesus & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruben Rosales, June 23, 2015
Interview with Ruben Rosales from Pharr, TX. In the interview, Rosales discusses his childhood, military service, experiences with segregation and discrimination, the Pharr riot of 1971 and its' aftermath, police brutality, the Chicano movement, and politics.
Date:
June 23, 2015
Creator:
Rosales, Ruben; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Gonzales, June 11, 2015
Interview with Richard Gonzales, a journalist from Arlington, Texas. In his interview, Gonzales discusses his early life, his education, student activism, founding the Association of Mexican American Students at UT Arlington, and his political activism and advocacy for Mexican-Americans.
Date:
June 11, 2015
Creator:
Gonzales, Richard; Enriquez, Sandra; Krochmal, Max & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Menchaca, June 12, 2015
Interview with Richard Menchaca, an educator, author and businessman from Dallas, Texas. In his interview, Menchaca discusses his upbringing in a segregated San Antonio, experiences as a student athlete, working as a teacher in Dallas, and his Chicano activism, including being president of LULAC.
Date:
June 12, 2015
Creator:
Menchaca, Richard & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francisco Briones, June 25, 2015
Interview with Francisco Briones, a civil rights activist from Alamo, Texas, near McAllen. In his interview, Briones discusses his early life, his education at Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and his activism in the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date:
June 25, 2015
Creator:
Briones, Francisco; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Antonio Orendain, June 22, 2015
Interview with Antonio Orendain, civil rights activist and founder of the Texas Farm Workers Union (TFWU), from McAllen, Texas. In the interview, Orendain discusses his childhood and family background, working with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and the National Farm Workers Association in California, migrant farm workers, founding the TFWU, and his long career as a labor activist.
Date:
June 22, 2015
Creator:
Orendain, Antonio & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Oscar Martinez, July 7, 2015
Interview with Oscar Martinez, a retired Justice of the Peace from Laredo, Texas. Martinez discusses his childhood and family background, education, experiences with discrimination, service in the U.S. Air Force, and his activism and membership in LULAC.
Date:
July 7, 2015
Creator:
Martinez, Oscar; Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Krochmal, Max
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History