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Interview No. 333, William Flores
Interview No. 333, William Flores
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences; Anglo/Mexican relations in El Paso; experiences with LULAC; the word "Chicano" and the Chicano Movement; job experiences; discrminination.
Interview No. 212, Charles V. Porras
Interview No. 212, Charles V. Porras
Combined Interviews
Biography; shooting at Zeiger's Saloon in early El Paso; experiences at Beall elementary and El Paso High Schools; Anglo/Mexican relations; experiences in the Navy; Young Men's Democratic Club; LULAC; Marcos B. Armijo Post; civil rights work; work with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration; Ciudad Juarez during Prohibition; the Mexican Revolution; the word "Chicano"; zoot-suit riots in Los Angeles; political campaign of Rep. Edward Roybal of California; attitudes toward the Chicano Movement.
Interview No. 196, Fernando Oaxaca
Interview No. 196, Fernando Oaxaca
Combined Interviews
Biography; the terms "Chicano"; origin of the name "Oaxaca"; school years at Lamar and El Paso High Schools; poverty in South El Paso; relations with Anglos over the years; experiences at Texas Western College and in the Army; the effects of World War II; beginnings in politics; conversion to the Republican Party; Cabinet Committee on Opportunity for the Spanish Speaking.
Interview No. 208, Eligio "Kika" De La Garza
Interview No. 208, Eligio "Kika" De La Garza
Combined Interviews
Biography; life in mission, Texas; Mexican American achievement; views on the Raza Unida Party; ideology; opportunities for Mexican Americans in the United States; views on the Chicano Movement and the Plan of Aztlan.
Interview No. 183, Aurelia Phillips
Interview No. 183, Aurelia Phillips
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences; Anglo/Mexican relations in El Paso, attitudes toward Chicanos; Diaz-Taft meeting; Mexican Revolution, including Madero, Villa, and "refugiados"; Depression; Prohibition; impressions of El Paso today.
Interview No. 211, Fred Morales
Interview No. 211, Fred Morales
Combined Interviews
Biography; life in South El Paso, including schools; Anglo/Mexican relations; experiences with the Immigration Service; activities as a VISTA volunteer; gangs in South El Paso.
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. 204, Jesus J. Estrada
Interview No. 204, Jesus J. Estrada
Combined Interviews
Biography; segregation of schools; Anglo/Mexican relations; social mores of the 1940's; work with juvenile delinquents; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.