- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Nick Hernandez, July 7, 2016
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel
Hernandez, Nick - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-08
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Hernandez, Nick
- 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:
- Nick Hernandez was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. He attended Milam Elementary, Dunbar Junior High, and Ector High School before obtaining his GED at Southwest State University in San Marcos, Texas while working within Job Core; Hernandez was only fourteen when he obtained his GED. As a teenager, he took an interest in cars, which eventually led him to study car body work, which he took and taught others. Influenced by Raul Guerrero, originally from Pecos and educated at the University of Texas at El Paso, Hernandez helped start the Brown Berets chapter of Odessa, Texas. Hernandez helped lead the community protests against police brutality regarding the Larry Lozano beating and killing by the Odessa Police Department. Hernandez is now in the Hall of Fame of Lowrider Magazine and is part of Taste of Latin Car Club.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982447/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 9 video recordings (1 hr., 57 min., 34 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-nick-hernandez
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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