- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Hector Mendez, July 21, 2016
- Creator:
- Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel
Mendez, Hector - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-21
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Mendez, Hector
- 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:
- Hector Mendez was raised in Big Lake, Texas and attended Angelo State University, where he was part of the Mexican American Student organization that called for ethnic studies in the university. He later attended the university of Texas Permian Basin for his master’s degree in education. He became the superintendent of Ector County Independent School District in the 2000s as conservative trustees led the district.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982511/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 7 video recordings (1 hr., 27 min., 34 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-hector-mendez
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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