- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Robert Quintero on July 19, 2016.
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Quintero, Robert - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-19
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Quintero, Robert
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Galveston County, 29.29767, -94.81087
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Robert Quintero was born in Galveston, Texas in 1964. He grew up in a mixed neighborhood on the Island and attended Ball High School. Mr. Quintero's parents were involved in LULAC and met through the organization's baseball games. His parents' involvement in LULAC began at a young age as he attended LULAC meetings and events as a kid. His father, Paul Quintero, was the owner of several businesses in the Island, and was prominent in the community as he became the first Mexican-American council member in Galveston. Robert Quintero joined Jr. LULAC in 1974 where he helped with voter registration and learned leadership qualities that transcended to his adulthood. Quintero has served as the LULAC #151 as president, and as a deputy youth organizer through the national LULAC. He describes the importance of the LULAC Chapters merger in the 1990s. Besides his involvement in LULAC, Quintero has also organized Fiestas Patrias (16 de septiembre and cinco de mayo) to celebrate the culture and heritage of Mexican-Americans on the Island. He has also worked with different institutions that seek to help the Latino/a community in Galveston such as the Boys Club, Public Housing, and UTMB.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987521/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (57 min., 25 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-robert-m-quintero
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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