- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Alonso Martinez on July 29, 2016
- Creator:
- Arionus, Steve
Martinez, Alonso - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-29
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Martinez, Alonso
- 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:
- Alonso speaks about growing up in San Felipe and the segregated nature of Del Rio generally. He also speaks a great deal about migrant farm work and following the seasonal harvest. He speaks about his time in the West Texas cotton fields and speaking Spanish in Anglo schools out in West Texas. He talks a little bit about the 1969 Palm Sunday march--he wasn't a participant but he talks about the march. He also talks about the importance of education he received from Bambi Cardenas and Aurelio Montemayor who were both educators at San Felipe in the late 1960s. All in all, this is a great interview that has tons of useful information on Del Rio, San Felipe, and Alonso's life story.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987636/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (1 hr., 16 min., 21 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-alonso-martinez
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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