- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Lupita, De La Paz, July 28, 2016
- Creator:
- Sinta, Vinicio
Arionus, Steve
De La Paz, Lupita - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-28
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- De La Paz, Lupita
- 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:
- De La Paz's interview reflects on the contemporary issues that Del Rio is facing. She speaks about the importance of Casa De La Cultura in her life growing up. She lived in the Chihuahua barrio and went to Del Rio schools. She speaks about not learning about her culture and people who look like her in school. In order to supplement her learning, she would attend classes at the Casa. She spoke about learning culture through teatros and folklorio offered at Casa. The latter part of the interview deals with contemporary problems in Del Rio and the current work of Casa in the community.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987628/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 video recordings (1 hr., 2 min., 34 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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