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Interview No. 434, Dr. Mario Garcia
Interview No. 434, Dr. Mario Garcia
Combined Interviews
UTEP History Department Seminar Talk, "Americans, All: Manuel Ruiz, Jr. and the Mexican American Struggle for Civil Rights, 1940-1947."
Interview No. 641, Gerardo Chávez
Interview No. 641, Gerardo Chávez
Combined Interviews
Bigraphical data; life of his family on an hacienda before the Mexican Revolution; life on a small village in Mexico where he grew up; migration to the border area; problems in the classroom with native speakers of Spanish; Border Spanish; life in the United States compared to life in Mexico; feelings upon becoming a United States citizen.
Interview No. 286, Judge George Rodriguez, Sr.
Interview No. 286, Judge George Rodriguez, Sr.
Combined Interviews
Mexican Americans and the legal profession in El Paso in the 1930's; cases he fought as a criminal lawyer involving Mexican Americans; impact of wars on the Mexican American community; views on the Chicano Movement.
Interview No. 277, Father Alfred Galvan
Interview No. 277, Father Alfred Galvan
Combined Interviews
Biography; religion, politics, and ethnic relations.
Interview No. 294, Joe Moreno
Interview No. 294, Joe Moreno
Combined Interviews
The recent peso devaluation and its effects on the Mexican economy and El Paso Banks; former devaluations; representation of the Mexican Americans in the banking business; the word "Chicano"; biographical comments.
Interview No. 284, Albert Armendariz, Sr.
Interview No. 284, Albert Armendariz, Sr.
Combined Interviews
Biography; discrimination against Mexican Americans in El Paso's schools and in employment; the Alvarado desegregation case; the legal profession and Mexican Americans in El Paso.
Interview No. 283, Paul Berry, Sonny Yates
Interview No. 283, Paul Berry, Sonny Yates
Combined Interviews
Historical aspects of the Sun Carnival; its economic impact on El Paso; lack of Mexican American participation from its origin to the present; workings of the Sun Carnival Association.
Interview No. 210, Manuel Lujan, Jr.
Interview No. 210, Manuel Lujan, Jr.
Combined Interviews
Biography; political career; Mexican American achievement; United States-Latin American relations; Raza Unida Party; bracero program; the Chicano Movement; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.
Interview No. 188, Dr. Eugenio A. Aguilar, Jr.
Interview No. 188, Dr. Eugenio A. Aguilar, Jr.
Combined Interviews
Biography; the Depression, U.T. Austin; experiences in the infantry; views on the word "Chicano"; early Mexican American dentists in El Paso; political activities; effects of Ciudad Juarez dentistry on the profession in El Paso.
Interview No. 177, Judge George Rodríguez, Sr.
Interview No. 177, Judge George Rodríguez, Sr.
Combined Interviews
Biography; El Paso in the 1920's and 1930's; Mexican Americans in El Paso; Mexican American politicians in Texas; prominent Mexican Americans in El Paso, past and present.
Interview No. 178, Manny C. Morales
Interview No. 178, Manny C. Morales
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences; business opportunities for Mexican Americans; prominent Mexican American businessmen in El Paso; views on present-day Mexican Americans.
Interview No. 167, Ralph Murillo
Interview No. 167, Ralph Murillo
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences; Black and Chicano movements; Anglo/Mexican relations in El Paso; the G.I. Forum; Raza Unida Party; LULAC and its future.
Interview No. 195, Gaspar Cordero
Interview No. 195, Gaspar Cordero
Combined Interviews
Biography; Mexican Americans in El Paso; experiences with discrimination; the Casino Mexicano in El Paso; work with the Mexican Boundary Commission and ASARCO in Mexico; South El Paso; Ciudad Juarez in the 1920's and 1930's' views on the Bicentennial; future of Mexican Americans.
Interview No. 187, H. T. Satiesteban
Interview No. 187, H. T. Satiesteban
Combined Interviews
Biography; ideas on bilingualism and biculturalism; discrimination; influential Mexican American politicians; Raza Unida Party; militancy; Bicentennial celebration; cultural problems of Mexican Americans who travel in Mexico; the future of Mexican Americans.
Interview No. 207, Fernando Villalobos
Interview No. 207, Fernando Villalobos
Combined Interviews
Biography; discrimination in schools and the business world; SBA in El Paso; business world in general; Mexican American businessmen in El Paso.
Interview No. 165, Conrad Ramírez
Interview No. 165, Conrad Ramírez
Combined Interviews
Minority business in El Paso; banks; biography; growing up in Alpine, Texas.
Interview No. 162, Frank Parga Jr.
Interview No. 162, Frank Parga Jr.
Combined Interviews
Biography; experiences at Texas Western College, 1961-1965; Chicanos in business; experiences with the National Guard; views on assimilation.
Interview No. 130, Enrique Acevedo
Interview No. 130, Enrique Acevedo
Combined Interviews
Biografia; Cd. Juarez y El Paso en los primeros años del siglo XX; la reunion de los presidentes Porfirio Diaz de Mexico y William Howard Taft de los Estados Unidos en Cd. Juarez y El Paso; Cd. Juarez en los años de la Revolucion Mexicana; los años de la zona libre en Cd. Juarez; discriminacion de Mexicanos en El Paso; la eleccion del Alcalde Telles de El Paso.