- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Mario Cruz, July 14, 2016
- Creator:
- Sinta, Vinicio
Cruz, Mario
Arionus, Steve - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-14
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Cruz, Mario
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Uvalde County, Uvalde, 29.20968, -99.78617
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mario spoke about growing up in La Pryor, Texas. He remembered his dad working in the Blewett mines near Uvalde; he talks a bit about the culture there because it was a company town. He talked about the discrimination his father felt in the mines and how his dad organized for union representation in the mine. His family moved to Uvalde in the 1950s. He talked about the segregated schooling in Uvalde--separate schools for ethnic Mexicans and African Americans. He talked about the reprimands he would receive for speaking Spanish in school. He also spoke about the importance of education to his family. Cruz left Uvalde for San Antonio to pursue a nursing degree/career but he retired in Uvalde later in life.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987604/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 video recordings (2 hr., 3 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
