Oral History Interview with Celestino Mendez, June 16, 2016
Description:
Mr. Mendez was born and raised in the San Marcos area, where he attended the "Mexican school". He reminisced on the pervasive discrimination against Mexican Americans during his youth. His studies at Texas State were interrupted by the draft during the Korean War years. Mr. Mendez was a member of a political alliance between Mexican Americans, liberal Anglos and African Americans in San Marcos; this coalition, later called Hays County Independent Party, helped elect some of the first minority p…
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Date:
June 16, 2016
Duration:
1 hour 11 minutes
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio & Mendez, Celestino
Partner:
TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library