- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Eloy Barrera, July 22, 2016
- Creator:
- Arionus, Steve
Barrera, Eloy - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-22
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Barrera, Eloy
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Val Verde County, Del Rio, 29.36273, -100.89676
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mr. Barrera grew up in and around Del Rio, Texas. His father was a sheep sheerer. Barrera talked about the importance of education to his parents and learning "proper" Spanish. He also talked about the San Felipe barrio and the schools. Later he moved out of the barrio into a more mixed community. He talked about the disparity in sporting equipment between Del Rio ISD & San Felipe. He also talked about teaching drama in Del Rio, the march in 1969, and the impact of school consolidation in 1971. He also mentioned discrimination his drama students experienced during a UIL meet where they were the better team but the Anglo judges gave the win to another team.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1040182/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video recordings (1 hr., 29 min., 57 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-eloy-barrera
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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