- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Maria Jimenez, June 13, 2016
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Jimenez, Maria - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-13
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Jimenez, Maria
- 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:
- Maria Jiménez was born in Coahuila, Mexico in 1957. Having grown-up in a political household, she would migrate to Houston at the age of six. Jiménez discusses Mexican American segregation in Magnolia Park and how that experience shaped her youth activism. She also discusses her involvement in the Young Democrats, the University of Houston Mexican American Youth Organization, her bid for state representative against Ben Reyes under the Raza Unida ticket, and the Dixiecrats. Jiménez also addresses fights for gender equality in the Texas Chicana/o Movement, Black and Brown collaboration, and her participation in labor movements in Mexico. Lastly, she talks about her life-long dedication to immigrant and human rights.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987490/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (2 hr., 4 min., 2 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-maria-jimenez
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
