Oral History Interview with Trini Gamez, June 4, 2016

Collection:: Civil Rights in Black and Brown
Title:: Oral History Interview with Trini Gamez, June 4, 2016
Creator:: Gamez, Trini
Zapata, Joel
Date of Original:: 2016-06-04
Subject:: Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights
People:: Gamez, Trini
Location:: United States, Texas, Collin County, Frisco, 33.15067, -96.82361
Medium:: oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews
Type:: MovingImage
Format:: video/mp4
Description:: Trini Gamez was born and raised in South Texas, and her father died when she was a child. She married at eighteen and moved to Hereford, Texas with her husband as migrant laborer. She later joined the local PTA and joined the school system as a teachers aid where she began to see discrimination. Thus began her journey to register voters, run for office herself, work for legal aid groups, and promote labor rights.
Metadata URL:: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982461/
Language:: eng
Extent:: 6 video recordings (1 hr., 5 min., 22 sec.) : sd., col.
Original Collection:: https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-trini-gamez
Contributing Institution:: University of North Texas. Libraries
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