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Marquez Gutiérrez, Elfida,. Oral history interview with Elfida Marquez Gutièrrez, 1996 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Elfida Marquez Gutièrrez, 1996 [videorecording].

Elfida Marquez Gutiérrez begins with her family's background and her college years. She describes the discrimination she encountered, particularly when living in Lubbock, Texas, and compares her high school years in her hometown to her experiences at college. She talks about the family moving to Socorro and about working in the Socorro Independent School District. She discusses unethical real estate developers, the homes they built in Socorro, and the tactics she learned from the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) to fight for public utilties for their neighborhoods. She notes her involvement in the incorporation of Socorro as a city, its zoning issues, and the election campaigns of Carlos Aguilar and Nacho Padilla. She discusses her appointment and election to the El Paso Community College Board of Trustees and details her election campaign. She refers to the colonia of Montana Vista and cites the W. K. Kellogg Foundation for its assistance there. She relates how the national level of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) lacked Hispanic representation and tells about the work of the national and state levels of the Association of Latino Community College Trustees. She comments on her role as an educator and administrator, talks about state representative Norma Chavez, and mentions such notable Mexican Americans as Barbara Perez, Sergio Lewis, Dan Morales, and Henry Cisneros.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hr., 25 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 43 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320243603 View

Biography -- Morales, Dan.

Title: Biography -- Morales, Dan.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310562531 View

Serrata, Lidia,. Oral history interview with Lidia Serrata, 1997 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Lidia Serrata, 1997 [videorecording].

Ms. Serrata talks about her family history and genealogy, and she discusses Mexican Americans in positions of leadership in the Victoria region. She talks about her relationship with former governor Ann Richards, lawsuits to get single member districting, and race discrimination practices in the hiring and firing of Mexican American teachers and personnel in the schools. She also describes programs in which she was involved to help keep kids in school. Ms. Serrata tells about her activities with the Raza Unida Party, the Brown Berets, and the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO). She gives her impressions of Raza Unida Party activities in Colorado and compares the Colorado and Texas groups. She describes her scholastic difficulties and the negative environment while in law school. She discusses issues such as pay inequity between Mexican American males and females, prison reform in Texas, the anti-death penalty movement, the feminist movement, and the need for alternative punishment methods for drug offenders. Ms. Serrata talks about her activities as an assistant district attorney in Victoria, Texas and she elaborates upon how she established her own private law practice. She concludes the interview by reviewing her personal problems in child rearing, commenting upon Dan Morales' problems with the public's perception of his political performance as Texas Attorney General, and by lauding Jose Angel Gutierrez for his lifetime efforts on civil rights reforms for Mexican Americans in Texas.

ArchivalResource: 2 videocassettes (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 76 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50414120 View

Moya, Richard, 1932-. Oral history interview with Richard Moya, 2003 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Richard Moya, 2003 [videorecording].

Richard Moya begins with his family background and the predominantly Mexican American neighborhood centered around Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and the Austex Chili canning factory (now a brand of Castleberry Food Company). He explains the church's move to east Austin and the growth of the Mexican American neighborhood of La Buena Vista. He assails the racial segregation within the Austin Independent School District (AISD) and relates his mother's battle with AISD for admission to the "Anglo" school. He talks about the family's business ventures and defines the boundaries of Austin's African American and Mexican American neighborhoods. He reveals his personal experiences with race discrimination and discusses the alternative newspaper he and his friends published with the help of Raul Guerrero. He shares his enthusiasm for the Junior League of United Latin American Citizens Council which he formed with fellow students and its spinoff organization, the Century Club. He notes his election as National Director of Youth Activities for LULAC and recounts an incident he and Felix Tijerina endured during a LULAC convention in Lubbock, Texas. He recalls his service with the National Guard, his enlistment in the U.S. Army, and his service in Korea. He talks about his career as a printer, working for a union shop, and conveys his excitement at becoming chief investigator for the Legal Aid and Defender Society of Travis County with the assistance of John Treviño. He comments on the redrawing of Travis County district boundaries and the reactions of incumbent County Commissioner Lawson Boothe, whom he defeated in 1970, attributing the support of striking workers of the Economy Furniture Company (Economy Furniture Industries liquidated in 2003) and residents of the Govalle neighborhood for his victory. He talks at length about his role as County Commissioner, his sucess at increasing minority hiring through Affirmative Action, and his hiring practices as Travis County Commissioner, but blames his county election loss in 1986 on opposition from environmentalists. He discusses his introduction of a program in Montopolis (fully annexed in the 1970s by the city of Austin) to combat teenage drug abuse, praises County Judge Mike Renfro who took the bench in 1974, and exposes a racist incident involving Commissioner of Agriculture Bo Brown. He elaborates on the formation of the Mexican American Democrats of Texas (MAD) and their choice of Joe Bernal as their president, and discusses his association with Gonzalo Barrientos. Moya speaks of his selection as a delegate for George S. McGovern at the 1972 Democratic National Convention and his stint as MAD chairman from 1981 to 1983. He talks about his brief career as a Bastrop real estate developer during the massive savings and loan failures across Texas and his role as Director of Field Operations for Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Hightower. He speaks at length about accompanying Governor Richards to South Texas as one of her three Deputy Chiefs of Staff, along with Carl Ritchie and Joe Anderson, and recounts the split within MAD that led to the creation of the Tejano Democrats. He gives his opinions on a number of prominent Mexican Americans including Dan Morales, Juan Maldonado, Henry B. Gonzalez, Tony Sanchez, and Victor Morales.

ArchivalResource: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (3 hr., 10 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 106 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/401296053 View