- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Maria Jordan, July 31, 2016
- Creator:
- Jordan, Maria
Howard, Jasmin
May, Meredith - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-31
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Jordan, Maria
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Aldine, 29.93245, -95.38021
United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mrs. Jordan has worked as a community social worker mainly servicing the Hispanic/Latino population in mainly Houston and Montgomery County. Jordan has worked to ensure that the Hispanic/Latino population has access to resources. Jordan consistently collaborates with other organizations that fosters multiracial collaborations. Jordan discussed growing up in Houston and Aldine. Jordan's family left the Barrio in Houston and moved to the more rural Aldine when she was three. Jordan discussed the different cultural practices she learned by having Cuban and Mexican parents, visiting the Barrio and living in a predominantly white and rural area. Jordan witnessed violence between residents of the Barrio and law enforcement. Jordan also discussed her experience with school integration. Jordan describes the changes in racial demographics of Montgomery County and efforts to secure political representation through creating and sustaining a multiracial coalition.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982998/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (1 hr., 32 min., 24 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-maria-jordan
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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