- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Richard Abalos, July 7, 2016
- Creator:
- Abalos, Richard
Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-07
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Abalos, Richard
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Ector County, Odessa, 31.84568, -102.36764
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Richard C. Abalos grew up in Rankin, Texas. After graduating early from high school, Abalos moved to Odessa, Texas where he attended Odessa College and worked for a law form as an investigator and aide. Before obtaining an undergraduate degree, Abalos entered law school at St. Mary’s University in San Antono, Texas. After law school, he was drafted into the military. Upon returning to Odessa, he became the city’s first Mexican American attorney and handled several civil rights cases, including the nationally recognized Larry Lozano police beating that galvanized the region’s Chicano Movement.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982441/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 video recordings (44 min., 18 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
