- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Ruben Barragan, July 26, 2016
- Creator:
- Barragan, Ruben
Sinta, Vinicio - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-26
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Barragan, Ruben
- 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:
- Ruben "Pollo" Barragan is a native of Del Rio, and a proud resident of the San Felipe neighborhood. Barragan talked about growing up in San Felipe and race relations in greater Del Rio, his periodic trips to California to work in the fields, and going to school in the San Felipe ISD. Barragan was one of the eight VISTA workers that were expelled from Del Rio under the request of the County Commissioners Court -- a key event that led to the Palm Sunday March. Later in his life, "Pollo" started Project NINO, a charitable initiative that raised funds to provide toys and other goods to poor children in Del Rio every Christmas. Throughout the interview, Barragan talks about the importance of voter registration drives and his work with Texas Rural Legal Aid.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987632/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 9 video recordings (1 hr., 14 min., 32 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-ruben-barragan
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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