Oral History Interview with Ruben Barragan, July 26, 2016

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Ruben "Pollo" Barragan is a native of Del Rio, and a proud resident of the San Felipe neighborhood. Barragan talked about growing up in San Felipe and race relations in greater Del Rio, his periodic trips to California to work in the fields, and going to school in the San Felipe ISD. Barragan was one of the eight VISTA workers that were expelled from Del Rio under the request of the County Commissioners Court -- a key event that led to the Palm Sunday March. Later in his life, "Pollo" started Project NINO, a charitable initiative that raised funds to … continued below

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9 video recordings (1 hr., 14 min., 32 sec.) : sd., col. ; digital

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Barragan, Ruben & Sinta, Vinicio July 26, 2016.

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Ruben "Pollo" Barragan is a native of Del Rio, and a proud resident of the San Felipe neighborhood. Barragan talked about growing up in San Felipe and race relations in greater Del Rio, his periodic trips to California to work in the fields, and going to school in the San Felipe ISD. Barragan was one of the eight VISTA workers that were expelled from Del Rio under the request of the County Commissioners Court -- a key event that led to the Palm Sunday March. Later in his life, "Pollo" started Project NINO, a charitable initiative that raised funds to provide toys and other goods to poor children in Del Rio every Christmas. Throughout the interview, Barragan talks about the importance of voter registration drives and his work with Texas Rural Legal Aid.

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Civil Rights in Black and Brown

Based at TCU, the Civil Rights in Black and Brown (CRBB) Oral History Project collects, interprets, and disseminates oral history interviews of the brown and black freedom struggles in Texas.

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  • July 26, 2016

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Barragan, Ruben & Sinta, Vinicio. Oral History Interview with Ruben Barragan, July 26, 2016, video, July 26, 2016; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987632/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library.

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