- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Arturo Gonzales, July 12, 2016
- Creator:
- Arionus, Steve
Gonzales, Arturo - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-12
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Gonzales, Arturo
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Zavala County, Crystal City, 28.67748, -99.82811
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Arturo spoke about growing up in Crystal City. Him working the fields during his earlier years. He speaks a lot about local Crystal City politics. The initial push for representation envisaged by Los Cinco. Some about local Crystal City folks who were drafted for Vietnam. During this period--late 1960s, Arturo went to Wisconsin to work and live. He talked about the Crystal City walkouts--hearing about them in Wisconsin then moving back--and the demands that the students made. Finally, he talks a lot about Raza Unida internal politics, especially his side of the split. He was with the Barrio club/anti-Gutierrez faction and running Gutierrez out of Crystal City.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987621/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (1 hr., 34 min., 7 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-arturo-gonzalez
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
