- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Patricia Gonzales, July 29, 2016
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Gonzales, Patricia - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-29
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Gonzales, Patricia
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327
United States, Texas, Harris County, Manchester, 29.71828, -95.26188
United States, Texas, Harris County, Pasadena, 29.69106, -95.2091 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Patricia "Pat" Gonzales was born in 1967 in Houston in the Gulfgate area. She moved to the toxic Manchester neighborhood, a predominately Latina/o area of town next to the oil refineries, after she graduated from high school. Gonzales became active in the environmental justice movement due to the health issues she acquired while living next to the refineries. She later worked for the Texas Organizing Project to address the lack of infrastructure in the Northern Pasadena area. Gonzales discusses the risk of explosions in Pasadena, attending EPA conferences and addressing environmental racism, how the Anglo power structure functions in Pasadena, and how both African Americans and Latinas/os are neglected. She also talks about the recent voting rights violations in Pasadena and how the city capitulates to the interests of the oil industry.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987479/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 video recordings (1 hr., 1 min., 44 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-patricia-gonzales
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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