- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Richard E. Reyes on June 30, 2016.
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Reyes, Richard E. - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-30
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Reyes, Richard E.
- Location:
- 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:
- Richard E. Reyes was born in 1951 and grew-up in the Northside of Houston. As a young adult, he would become heavily involved in the arts and would create the Pancho Claus play about a Mexican Santa Claus donned in a Zoot Suit that provides toys for barrio youth. Reyes also served as the director of Talento Bilinque de Houston, a bilingual arts center that has played a critical role in providing creative outlets for Latina/o youth. He discusses his involvement in gang prevention efforts, addressing AIDS in the Latina/o community though the Chicana/o Family Center, the benefits of the Low rider culture, the struggle to find funding for Latina/o art, cross-racial efforts in the art scene, and his thoughts on the recent gentrification of Second Ward.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987473/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video recordings (1 hr., 22 min., 31 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-richard-e-reyes
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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