Oral History Interview with Maria Jimenez, June 13, 2016
Description:
Maria Jiménez was born in Coahuila, Mexico in 1957. Having grown-up in a political household, she would migrate to Houston at the age of six. Jiménez discusses Mexican American segregation in Magnolia Park and how that experience shaped her youth activism. She also discusses her involvement in the Young Democrats, the University of Houston Mexican American Youth Organization, her bid for state representative against Ben Reyes under the Raza Unida ticket, and the Dixiecrats. Jiménez also address…
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Date:
June 13, 2016
Duration:
2 hours 4 minutes 03 seconds
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Jimenez, Maria
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Partner:
TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library