- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Gloria Arellanes oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in El Monte, California, 2016 June 26
- Contributor to Resource:
- Arellanes, Gloria, 1946- interviewee
Cline, David P., 1969- interviewer
Bishop, John Melville, videographer
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Date of Original:
- 2016
- Subject:
- National Brown Beret Organization
US (Organization)
Chicano movement
Civil rights movements--California
Civil rights movements--United States
Decolonization--United States
Gabrielino Indians--Social life and customs
Mexican Americans--Civil rights
Poor People's Campaign
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Hispanic Americans
Women civil rights workers--California--Interviews - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, California, 37.25022, -119.75126
United States, California, Los Angeles County, El Monte, 34.06862, -118.02757 - Medium:
- personal narratives
interviews
oral histories (literary genre)
video recordings (physical artifacts) - Type:
- MovingImage
- Description:
- Gloria Arellanes talks about her life growing up in California, finding her way to the Brown Berets and participation in the Poor People's Campaign (1968) in Washington, DC. She also talks about her exploration of her roots and identity in an indigenous community.
Recorded in El Monte, California, on June 26, 2016.
Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039: 0136), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.).
Gloria Arellanes was born in East Los Angeles in 1946. As a child, her family purchased a home in El Monte, California, where she experienced racism. Her father was a Mexican immigrant and her mother was Tongva Indian, but her parents encouraged her to identify as Chicana in school. After graduating high school, Gloria became involved in community work with Youth Temporary Employment Project (YTEP) and Neighborhood Adult Participation Project (NAPP). In 1967, she became involved with the Brown Berets and the Chicano movement, running the Brown Beret free clinic. After leaving the Brown Berets, she has focused on her indigenous roots and has been an active member of her tribe.
The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.
In English.
Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0136
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
- Extent:
- 9 video files (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (1:34:55) : digital, sound, color.
transcript 1 item (.pdf) : text files. - Original Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0136
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
-
