Oral History Interview with Chris Escobar, July 25, 2016

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Collection:
Civil Rights in Black and Brown
Title:
Oral History Interview with Chris Escobar, July 25, 2016
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio
Arionus, Steve
Escobar, Chris
Date of Original:
2016-07-25
Subject:
Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights
People:
Escobar, Chris
Location:
United States, Texas, Val Verde County, Del Rio, 29.36273, -100.89676
Medium:
oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews
Type:
MovingImage
Format:
video/mp4
Description:
Chris Escobar is an artist activist who does outreach at La Casa de la Cultura in Del Rio. In the interview, he speaks about migrant work, his father as a vaquero, going on the migrant trail, etc. He also speaks about college and the difficulties of being poor and its attendant effects on his studies at St Edwards & UTEP. He talks a little bit about Austin & learning from Raúl Valdez.
Metadata URL:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987617/
Language:
eng
Extent:
6 video recordings (1 hr., 10 min., 31 sec.) : sd., col.
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries
Rights:
Rights Statement information
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