- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Frank Partida on June 16, 2016.
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Partida, Frank - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-16
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Partida, Frank
- 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:
- Frank Partida was born in 1928 in Magnolia Park, an Mexican-American enclave in Houston, Texas. He talks about his experiences with stark segregation in Magnolia Park and the greater Houston area and how his grandfather, Elias Ramirez, was a founder of Sociedad Mutualista Benito Juarez and LULAC Council #60. Partida was involved in the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations, LULAC Council #60, and Viva Kennedy clubs. He talks about his political experiences and later work in local War on Poverty programs and union organizing. He also speaks about the first Spanish language radio station in Houston, KLVL, and how Mickey Leland and Barbara Jordan facilitated bridges between the Mexican-American and African- American communities.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987496/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 video recordings (1 hr., 12 min., 20 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-frank-partida
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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