- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Raul Sanchez, July 19, 2016
- Creator:
- Sinta, Vinicio
Arionus, Steve
Sanchez, Raul - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-19
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Sanchez, Raul
- 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:
- Raul "Rusty" Sanchez spoke about his early life growing up in Del Rio. Going to school and playing football. He talked briefly about discrimination he faced when visiting public spaces and being served in the back of the building. He talks about the segregation of school districts in Del Rio and the base kids going to Del Rio ISD vs San Felipe ISD. He also talks about his time volunteering in VISTA MMP in Del Rio. He talks a little bit about how/why he believed VISTA got pushed out of Del Rio. He spoke about how Aurelio Montemayor helped to educate him as a teacher and pushing him to think about the bigger picture vis a vis the Chicano Movement. He talked about the 1969 Palm Sunday march and being in the Brown Berets.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992349/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video recordings (54 min., 1 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
