- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Teresa Perez-Wiseley, June 9, 2016
- Creator:
- Arionus, Steve
Sinta, Vinicio
Perez-Wiseley, Teresa - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-09
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Perez-Wiseley, Teresa
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Nueces County, Corpus Christi, 27.80058, -97.39638
United States, Texas, Travis County, Austin, 30.26715, -97.74306 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ms. Perez-Wiseley was raised in the west side of Corpus Christi. She witnessed some acts of racial and class discrimination, but was not directly subjected to it during her youth. While she was very involved in community and student affairs, she did not become involved in the Chicano movement until she attended UT in the early 70s. After being excluded from leadership position in the Young Democrats, she joined the Raza Unida Party and was a member of MAYO at UT. After college, she worked for the city of Austin and became heavily involved in American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (ASCFME), eventually becoming a full-time organizer. During the interview, Ms. Perez-Wiseley discusses race relations in Corpus Christi, her career in labor organizing (including her own struggles against inequities in pay within ASCFME) and her current involvement in politics.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992342/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 13 video recordings (2 hr., 57 min., 1 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-teresa-perez-wisely
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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