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Oral History Interview with Lupe Casares, July 7, 2016

Description: Guadalupe "Lupe" Casares was born in 1950 in Santa Rosa, Texas, which is located in the Rio Grande Valley. Growing-up as a migrant farmworker, he traveled throughout the United States for much of his youth. After Casaras' father passed away from Tuberculosis in 1965, his family would settle in the midwest and he would attend school for first time. He would eventually work for the University of Wisconsin to recruit Mexican American students from Mercedes, Texas. The Black Power Movement along wi… more
Date: July 7, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Casares, Lupe; Enriquez, Sandra & Rodriguez, Samantha
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Richard Farias, July 7, 2016

Description: Richard Farias was born in Brownsville in 1948 and moved to La Porte in 1962 when he was about to begin his Freshman year in High School. At La Porte High School, he was the only Latino and received no mentoring and no guidance during. Soon after graduating from High School, Farias joined the Air Force, spending a year (1968-1969) in Vietnam. While he met people from all over the United States, the war was a scary time for him as he survived an attack on the Air Force base. Farias' time in Viet… more
Date: July 7, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Farias, Richard
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Linda Morales, July 7, 2017

Description: Linda Morales was born in Uvalde and left the area in 1975 to go to Austin. Her parents encouraged her activism as her mother was vocal and her father was a Teamster. In Austin, she briefly became involved in the local Chicano Movement. Subsequently, she moved to Houston, where she became involved in the LGBT movement. Along with Cristina Martinez, she was condemned a "Wetback Look-a-Like" Contest at a Montrose Bar. This incident and her experiences as a Mexican American Woman made her realize … more
Date: July 7, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Morales, Linda
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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