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Oral History Interview with Gilberto Torres, July 6, 2016

Description: Gilberto Torres grew up around Uvalde and the Winter Garden area. He recalled different instances of discrimination against people of Mexican descent, particular in school settings. Torres had a long career in the military and a prolonged tenure in the Uvalde County Commissioner's Court. He reminisced about his contentious relationship with other members of the court, and the sometimes heated exchanges between them.
Date: July 6, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Torres, Gilberto
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Bertha Linton on July 25, 2016

Description: Berta Perez Linton was born in 1942 or 1943 in Brady, Texas. She attended schools in Melvin, Texas until 7th grade while her family lived in a ranch. Linton’s family then moved to San Angelo, Texas where she graduated from Central High School in 1961. Linton attended Angelo College for one year and a half before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. Linton graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a major in elementary education in 1967. She taught bilingual education i… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Linton, Bertha
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Oscar Del Toro, July 21, 2016

Description: Oscar del Toro was born in Coahuila, México in 1964. At age 4, he and his family moved to Monterrey, where he came of age and lived until he moved to the United States in 2000. He fully described 12 year waiting period to immigrate to Pasadena. A businessman, he joined the Chamber of Commerce, which propelled him to become interested in politics. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran for one of the at-large districts following the redistricting of Pasadena in 2013. He described the redistricting and h… more
Date: July 21, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Del Toro, Oscar
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Sandra Fuentes, Elvira Castro, JoElda Hinojosa, Beatriz Arizpe on July 28, 2016.

Description: Four co-chairs of The Border Organization (Organización Fronteriza) --a Del Rio-based group devoted to community organizing-- share their story about the group's mission and strategies. The interviewees talked about how they joined -- Sandra Fuentes and Elvira Castro are veterans from the organization and have been involved in numerous fights for local government accountability, while JoElda Hinojosa and Beatriz Arizpe joined recently when the group helped organize food service workers from the… more
Date: July 28, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve; Fuentes, Sandra; Castro, Elvira; Hinojosa, JoElda & Arizpe, Beatriz
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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
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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