- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Arturo Leal, July 16, 2016
- Creator:
- Zapata, Joel
Leal, Arturo - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-16
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Leal, Arturo
- 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:
- Art Leal was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. Leal graduated from Odessa High School, after which he joined the U.S. Army and served in the first Gulf War. He graduated from Odessa College and the University of Texas at the Permian Basin. Leal ran for mayor of Odessa in 2008. Leal has been Ector County Democrat Precinct 406 Chair, is a member Mexican American Democrats Texas, has organized first Cesar Chavez Day March in Odessa, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Declamations in Odessa, Civic Participation Workshops in Odessa, of Election Debates/Forums in Ector County, multiple 1st Amendment Demonstrations in Odessa, is past Chairman Una Voz Unida of Odessa, is past Board Member Black Chamber of Commerce, is past Ambassador Odessa Chamber of Commerce, is past Board Member City of Odessa Planning Board of Adjustments, is past Chairman Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and is past Co Chair March of Dimes. Finally Leal help start the Brown Berets Odessa (the city’s second Brown Beret group).
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982500/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 video recordings (1 hr., 53 min., 23 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-arturo-leal
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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