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Oral History Interview with A.C. Jaime, July 2, 2015

Description: Interview with A.C. Jaime, an accountant from McAllen, Texas. Jaime was the first Mexican-American mayor of Pharr, Texas. In his interview, Jaime discusses his early life, education, political and professional career, the riots in Pharr, and race relations in the Rio Grande Valley
Date: July 2, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Jaime, A. C.; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Diana Palacios, July 9, 2015

Description: Interview with Diana Palacios, a civil servant from Crystal City, Texas. In the interview, Palacios discusses her family background, segregation, experiencing discrimination at school, and a student walkout that took place at Crystal City High School in 1969.
Date: July 2, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra & Palacios, Diana
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gavino Fernandez, July 2, 2016

Description: Mr. Fernandez was born and raised in East Austin. He says the segregation of the era led to very little interaction with the Anglo community. He worked as a shoe shiner on 6th Street for a while; he recalled the complaints of Anglo business people about "loitering" by African American and Mexican American patrons of the bars and cantinas. Mr. Fernandez talked about the conditions at the schools in East Austin, and about student activism at Johnston High School. The second half of the interview … more
Date: July 2, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Fernandez, Gavino
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015

Description: Interview with Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza in Mercedes, Texas. Garza and Garcia discuss their experiences with migrant farm work, racism, civil rights and labor activism in Texas.
Date: July 2, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Garcia, Gilberto & Garza, Jaime
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015

Description: Interview with Jaime Garza, civil rights activist from Mercedes, Texas. In his interview, Garza discusses his early life, education, activism, the Raza Unida Party and El Colegio Jacinto Trevino, the Brown Berets, the Chicano movement in Texas, and riots in Pharr, Texas in 1971.
Date: July 2, 2015
Duration: 41 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Garza, Jaime; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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