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Oral History Interview with Daniel Urbina Sanchez, June 28, 2016
Daniel Urbina Sanchez grew up between Lubbock, Texas and Garden City, Kansas. Starting in 1968, Sanchez’s family moved permanently to Lubbock. He graduated from Lubbock High School and Texas Tech University. In the 2000, Sanchez began participating in such organizations as Las Fiestas Del Llano, which is an organization focused on celebrating Mexican national holidays. He is currently an oral historian for Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection. At Texas Tech University, Sanchez became a leader of the Latino faculty and staff. Sanchez also founded Citizens United in Discourse Against Discrimination, CUIDAD, which led rallies within Lubbock and participated in protests in the Texas State Capitol as the legislature considered racists-anti immigration bills.
Date:
June 28, 2016
Creator:
Zapata, Joel & Sanchez, Daniel Urbina
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maria Strong, June 27, 2016
Maria Strong was born in Nebraska but grew up between Lubbock and California’s Coachella Valley. As a teenager, she left school and became the sole breadwinner for her household made of her parents and siblings. After obtaining her GED and working various jobs, she began to attend Texas Tech University, where she obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She has worked with migrant farm workers (her family was once a migrant family), as a an adviser at South Plains College, and has participated in various community organizations.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Zapata, Joel & Strong, Maria
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Patricia Thomas, July 31, 2016
Patricia A. Thomas was born in 1957 in Andrews, Texas, where she grew up. She entered elementary school in an integrated school where many of her classmates as well as some teachers physically and verbally abused the African American students. Thomas first attended Lincoln Elementary and then Jack and Jill Elementary. In junior high and high school, Thomas adapted many black nationalists or “radical” viewpoints, which led her to call for the teaching of African American history in her high school. She graduated from Andrews high school in 1976. After high school, Thomas moved to Dallas where she attended Bishop College. She subsequently lived in various communities that included Big Springs, Odessa, Amarillo, and Seminole, Texas.
Date:
July 31, 2016
Creator:
Zapata, Joel & Thomas, Patricia
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alphonso Vaughn, June 22, 2016
Alphonso Vaughn was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. He lived through the integration of local schools as a high school student. From Amarillo, he entered the military and then attending the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas. Upon his return to Amarillo, Vaughn helped start the city’s Juneteenth Celebration along with various civil rights and cultural organizations. He served five, two year terms as president of Amarillo’s NAACP. Since then, he has served as a Potter County Commissioner.
Date:
June 22, 2016
Creator:
Zapata, Joel & Vaughn, Alphonso
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Claudia Stravato and Seldon Hale, June 22, 2016
Claudia Stravato was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She attended a mostly Mexican American high school in Downtown Dallas and then graduate with a BA and MA in political science from West Texas A&M University (then West Texas State University). She has been a lifelong advocate for voting rights and women’s health rights. She served as CEO of the Amarillo Planned Parenthood from 1999 to 2009. She has worked in numerous political campaigns at the state and local levels and various government agencies.
Date:
June 22, 2016
Creator:
Zapata, Joel; Stravato, Claudia & Hale, Seldon
Object Type:
Video
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ofelia de los Santos, June 26, 2015
Interview with Ofelia de los Santos, a retired attorney from Edinburg, Texas. In her interview she discusses her civil rights activism in South Texas, community organization Valley Interfaith, La Raza Unida party, and women in the Chicano movement.
Date:
June 26, 2015
Creator:
de los Santos, Ofelia; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History