- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Rachel Gonzalez Hanson, July 14, 2016
- Creator:
- Sinta, Vinicio
Arionus, Steve
Hanson, Rachel Gonzales - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-14
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Hanson, Rachel Gonzalez
- 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:
- Rachel Gonzalez-Hanson grew up in a neighborhood straddling the Anglo and Mexican "sides" of Uvalde. Even though she was a very good student, she had to repeat the 7th grade after participating in the 1970 Walkout. While she was very young at the time, Gonzalez-Hanson recalled being highly involved with the local activists, notably Amaro Cardona (MAYO leader in Uvalde). After her early activism, Gonzalez-Hanson remained involved in local politics, helping in Cardona's and Gilberto Torres' campaigns for County Commissioner. Throughout the interview, Gonzalez-Hanson talked at length about race relations in Uvalde, the backlash from Anglos and conservative Mexican Americans, and her later career as a manager of a community health organization covering the Winter Garden area.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987609/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 10 video recordings (1 hr., 33 min., 50 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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