- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Joe Bernal, July 1, 2016
- Creator:
- Bernal, Joe
Sinta, Vinicio
Arionus, Steve - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-01
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Bernal, Joe
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, 29.42412, -98.49363
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In the first part of his interview, Mr. Bernal talks about his experiences growing up in the west side of San Antonio. He talks about living conditions and the different jobs he had as a young man to help his household. He also discussed the conditions in the area schools, and the way Mexican American youth were steered toward trades instead of going to college. He also talks about his experience in the military; he was sent to the Philippines and Japan. Upon returning to the U.S., Mr. Bernal attended Trinity U., and later became a school teacher. Two part interview.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987637/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 10 video recordings (1 hr., 38 min., 34 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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