- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Peter Vallecillo on June 30, 2016.
- Creator:
- Sinta, Vinicio
Vallecillo, Peter - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-30
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Vallecillo, Peter
- 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:
- Mr. Vallecillo was raised in the Rio Grande Valley by Mexican immigrant parents. In his youth, he quickly became aware of the discriminatory attitudes towards Mexican-Americans in communities like Harlingen. Mr. Vallecillo worked in the Valley as a school teacher and coach for several years after college. As years went on, he became more directly involved in activism, working with the Texas Rural Legal Aid and eventually joining the GI Forum and most recently, founding the Southwest Institute on Poverty and Civil Rights.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992344/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 video recordings (1 hr., 45 min., 21 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-peter-vallecillo
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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