- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Jessie Rangel
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel
Rangel, Jessie - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-20
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Rangel, Jessie
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Lubbock County, Lubbock, 33.57786, -101.85517
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Jessie Rangel was born in Big Lake, Texas. After working in Lubbock, Texas and Albuquerque, New Mexico, he joined the Marine Core during the 1960s. He saw action in Vietnam, and upon returning to Lubbock, enrolled in Texas Tech University. At Texas Tech University, he was part of MEChA and the larger Chicano Movement. Rangel graduated with a degree in political science. After graduation, he obtain an administration job at Texas Tech University and continued participating in social justice movements. Rangel was a founding member of TACHE.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982469/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video recordings (1 hr., 12 min., 8 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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