- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Reynaldo Rodriguez, June 13, 2016
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Rodriguez, Reynaldo - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-13
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Rodriguez, Reynoldo
- 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:
- Reynaldo Rodriguez was born in 1947 in Corpus Christi. He discusses growing up in Corpus and briefly shared his Vietnam War experience and how it took him to Alaska. Upon being discharged from the military, he attends Del Mar College and decides to attend the University of Houston. Mr. Rodriguez discusses his activism during college in MAYO, the struggle to create the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS), and the painting of the UH Chicano Mural. He also discusses his involvement in LRUP and the founding of Centro Aztlan in the East End.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987507/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video recordings (2 hr., 6 min., 42 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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