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Oral History Interview with Zeke Romo, June 29, 2016

Description: Mr. Romo was born in Kyle, but grew up in Austin, near the UT campus. He later attended UT as a journalism major; when looking for an internship, he found work with Marcelo Tafoya at The Echo, a Chicano newspaper based in East Austin. Mr. Romo talks about his work and his views on Chicano-oriented journalism, as well as his involvement in initiatives for revitalization in East Austin. He was also involved in the creation of the Mexican American Cultural Center and worked in SER-Jobs for Progres… more
Date: June 29, 2016
Duration: 51 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Romo, Zeke
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Teresa Perez-Wiseley, June 9, 2016

Description: Ms. Perez-Wiseley was raised in the west side of Corpus Christi. She witnessed some acts of racial and class discrimination, but was not directly subjected to it during her youth. While she was very involved in community and student affairs, she did not become involved in the Chicano movement until she attended UT in the early 70s. After being excluded from leadership position in the Young Democrats, she joined the Raza Unida Party and was a member of MAYO at UT. After college, she worked for t… more
Date: June 9, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 57 minutes 01 second
Creator: Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Perez-Wiseley, Teresa
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Manuel Polanco, July 27, 2016

Description: Mr. Polanco is a former San Felipe student and former football coach with Del Rio High. He talks a little bit about his youth, some about his experiences at Texas A&I, and mostly about the school district consolidation. Some experiences about discrimination. One interesting fact about many of the Del Rio interviews--each of them seem to remember the segregated San Felipe District with special fondness despite, or perhaps, because of the segregation.
Date: July 27, 2016
Duration: 52 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Polanco, Manuel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Marcello Tafoya, June 14, 2016

Description: Mr. Tafoya grew up in Georgetown, Texas, but spent part of his youth working in several Catholic initiatives, including running an orphanage in Cuervanaca, Mexico. Upon returning to his hometown, he started working in the local radio station, eventually launching the first Spanish-language programming. Later, his radio shows took a political role, encouraging the Mexican American community to become involved. In later years, Mr. Tafoya launched Spanish radio programming in several Texas communi… more
Date: June 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio & Tafoya, Marcello
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Roen Salinas on June 16, 2016.

Description: 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
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve & Salinas , Roen
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gloria McGuire, July 28, 2016

Description: Gloria McGuire was born and raised in Marathon, a town in Brewster Co., Texas (north of Alpine). She recalled her hometown as a highly segregated community, with a lost of hostility against people of Mexican descent. Her father, an immigrant from Mexico, founded a Mutualist association in Marathon and was involved in several initiatives to protect the community from the worst of discrimination. She recounted that many young Mexican Americans abandoned their studies due to neglect/mistreatment, … more
Date: July 28, 2016
Duration: 48 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & McGuire, Gloria
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mary Ann "Bessie" Diaz, June 29, 2016.

Description: Ms. Diaz discusses her personal history as a teacher during and after desegregation in Corpus Christi. She and her husband, former CCISD superintendent Tony Diaz, remain active in the community as advocates for education.
Date: June 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Diaz, Mary Ann "Bessy"
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Olga Gonzales, July 12, 2016

Description: Ms. Gonzales discussed her career working for politician and businessman Carlos Truan and involvement in the Corpus Christi School Dist. v. Cisneros Supreme Court case
Date: July 13, 2016
Duration: 3 hours 11 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Wall, James & Gonzales, Olga
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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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… more
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
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Oral History Interview with William Lawson, June 20, 2016

Description: William Lawson was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928. He arrived in Houston and worked at Texas Southern University where he became involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Reverend Lawson discussed the Weingarten Sit In, desegregation of public spaces in Houston, and Martin Luther King's visit to Houston. He also discuses the establishment of the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in the community and how it has become a hub for social movements. He also discusses the founding of the William A. Law… more
Date: June 20, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Lawson, William
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Omowale Luthuli-Allen, June 17, 2016

Description: Omowale Lithuli-Allen was born in Amarillo in 1948, and grew up in Louisiana. He discusses growing up in the Jim Crow South and some of his early activism in high school. In 1966, he enrolled at the University of Houston, where he became involved in organizations such as COBER and Afro-Americans for Black Liberation (AABL). Following his activism at UH and Texas Southern University, he became involved in cross-racial coalitions, where he came together with Mexican American activists to address … more
Date: June 17, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Luthuli-Allen, Omowale
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ray Hill, June 21, 2016

Description: Ray Hill was born in Galena Park in 1940. He grew up in a blue collar household, and became involved with the NAACP at an early age. After travelling around the country, he returned to Houston and is prosecuted for burglary. Upon leaving jail, he becomes involved in the LGBT scene and movements in Houston including the founding of Pride, the Montrose Center, and through HIV/AIDS advocacy. Mr. Hill also led the prosecution of the Paul Broussard case in 1991. In 1980, he began the Prison Show and… more
Date: June 21, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Hill, Ray
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Sam Collins, July 26, 2016

Description: Samuel Collins was born in Galveston, Texas in 1971. He grew up in Hitchcock with his mother and grandparents, and spent time in Galveston with his father's family. He grew up in a predominantly African American community but attended the integrated schools. He attended Texas A&M University. After he graduated, he moved to Corpus Christi in 1995 but quickly returned to Houston in 1996. In 2012 he decided to become his own boss and opened his own business. In 2005, Collins and his wife purchased… more
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Collins, Sam & Enriquez, Sandra
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Doug Matthews on July 21, 2016

Description: Doug W. Matthews was born in 1951 in Galveston and was raised in the Westend community. While he experienced the segregation of public venues, such as the seawall, restaurants, and movie theaters, Matthews' parents encouraged him to control his own future by working twice as hard. Matthews attend Central High, the first African-American High School in Texas, for three years and benefited from the school's academic rigor and dedication to all of its students. His senior year at the integrated Ba… more
Date: July 21, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Matthews, Doug
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Clifton Lyons and Diana O'Neal

Description: Diana Lyons was born in Galveston, Texas in 1954, and grew up on the west side of the Island. Although she experienced integration during her school years, Lyons faced discrimination in the schools she attended, including colorism and being placed in Special Education classes due to her behavior. Lyons also witnessed several episodes of racial tension on the Island. She would drop out of school and attend beauty and nursing school. Most recently, she has been involved in the Residents’ council … more
Date: June 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Lyons, Diana
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Edward Castillo, June 9, 2016

Description: Edward Castillo was born in Houston in 1948. He grew up in the Fifth Ward and the Northside neighborhoods. Castillo talks about his activism in the University of Houston Mexican American Youth Organization and the organization's efforts to recruit and retain Chicana/o students, to establish the Center for Mexican American Studies, and to create the UH Marcha por La Humanidad mural. He also talks about co-founding Centro Aztlán, a cooperative that is dedicated to providing educational and social… more
Date: June 9, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Castillo, Edward
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jesse Torres, July 15, 2016

Description: Torres provides background information on himself and his family in Richmond/Fort Bend county, he talked about generational changes and continuities in terms of education, speaking Spanish/biligual education in schools, and his runs for elected offices In Fort Bend County.
Date: July 15, 2016
Duration: 38 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle & Torres, Jesse
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Randle, July 26, 2016

Description: Randle described growing up in rural Texas, segregation, integration, and the challenges of growing up working class and black, as well as the ways in which he overcame the odds to become a prominent and educated official in the region.
Date: July 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Randle, Thomas
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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