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Oral History Interview with Luciano Salinas, July 14, 2016

Description: Luciano "Lucky" Salinas was born in 1950 in Galveston. During the segregation era of the island, Salinas the attended Mexican American Goliad Elementary School. By the time he was in tenth grade, he would attended the integrated Ball High School. Due to a lack of college funding, Salinas opted to enlist in the Vietnam War. After serving in the war, he would attend Laredo Community College briefly before enrolling at the University of Houston. While at UH, Salinas became involved in student acti… more
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Salinas, Luciano
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alice Valdez, June 14, 2016

Description: Alice E. Valdez was born in El Paso, and grew up in a middle class, Anglo and Mexican American community. She discusses her father's WWII experience to detail. Ms. Valdez was involved in the arts from an early age through church groups and in school activities. She attended the University of Texas at El Paso where she was part of the band and graduated with a degree in music. She recalled the 1966 Texas Western College (name prior to UTEP) NCAA Basketball Championship during her college experie… more
Date: June 14, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Valdez, Alice
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ben Reyes on July 14, 2016.

Description: Ben Reyes was born in Burton, Texas in 1947. His family moved to Denver Harbor in Houston. The Reyes family worked as local migrant workers, picking up different crops in the surrounding areas of Houston. He faced discrimination in the schools he attended, and was even placed in Special Education classes since he only spoke Spanish. Reyes' mother was active in the community, and thus encouraged his activism as he began his community work at the age of eleven, registering people to vote. Reyes f… more
Date: July 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Reyes, Ben
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Harvey Johnson, June 14, 2016

Description: Johnson discussed his "visual poetry," its' connection to civil rights, and the need for a "new vocabulary" in our study of the past and in tackling contemporary social problems.
Date: June 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Johnson, Harvey
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Mike Espinoza, June 14, 2016

Description: Michael "Mike" Espinoza was born in 1979 in the East End, a Mexican American enclave in Houston, TX. He grew up experiencing homelessness and having to join a gang in order to survive in his neighborhood. Having gained the assistance of the Ripley House on Navigation and the intervention of his parents, Espinosa would go on to attend Franklin Marshall College where he would develop a racial and political consciousness. He talked about how he would become involved in the Unviersity of Houston Mo… more
Date: June 14, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Espinoza, Mike
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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