- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Alice Valdez, June 14, 2016
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Valdez, Alice - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-14
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Valdez, Alice
- Location:
- United States, Texas, El Paso County, El Paso, 31.75872, -106.48693
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:
- Alice E. Valdez was born in El Paso, and grew up in a middle class, Anglo and Mexican American community. She discusses her father's WWII experience to detail. Ms. Valdez was involved in the arts from an early age through church groups and in school activities. She attended the University of Texas at El Paso where she was part of the band and graduated with a degree in music. She recalled the 1966 Texas Western College (name prior to UTEP) NCAA Basketball Championship during her college experience. Upon graduation, Ms. Valdez moved with her husband to Atlanta for his military service. She moved to Houston in 1971. Due to her arts background, she became involved in creating arts programs for children and subsequently founded the Multicultural Education Counseling through the Arts Center, (MECA).
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987492/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 video recordings (2 hr., 9 min., 11 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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