- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Luciano Salinas, July 14, 2016
- Creator:
- Enriquez, Sandra
Rodriguez, Samantha
Salinas, Luciano - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-14
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Salinas, Luciano
- 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:
- Luciano "Lucky" Salinas was born in 1950 in Galveston. During the segregation era of the island, Salinas the attended Mexican American Goliad Elementary School. By the time he was in tenth grade, he would attended the integrated Ball High School. Due to a lack of college funding, Salinas opted to enlist in the Vietnam War. After serving in the war, he would attend Laredo Community College briefly before enrolling at the University of Houston. While at UH, Salinas became involved in student activism and took the first classes offered by the Center for Mexican American Studies. He talks about his involvement in the UH Mexican American Youth Organization, the various Mexican American student groups on campus, what he learned in the CMAS courses and how they shaped his worldview, his involvement in the Association for the Mexican American Advancement, and how he has dedicated his life to education endeavors.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987536/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (1 hr., 5 min., 29 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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