- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Gilberto Torres, July 6, 2016
- Creator:
- Sinta, Vinicio
Arionus, Steve
Torres, Gilberto - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-06
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Torres, Gilberto
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Uvalde County, Uvalde, 29.20968, -99.78617
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Gilberto Torres grew up around Uvalde and the Winter Garden area. He recalled different instances of discrimination against people of Mexican descent, particular in school settings. Torres had a long career in the military and a prolonged tenure in the Uvalde County Commissioner's Court. He reminisced about his contentious relationship with other members of the court, and the sometimes heated exchanges between them.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992339/
- Language:
- eng
spa - Extent:
- 5 video recordings (54 min., 29 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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