Oral history interview with Richard A. Martinez, Executive Director, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, 1988 : oral history transcript / by Carlos Vázquez, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles ; April 12 and 18, May 2 and 7, 1990, Montebello, California. [1990?].

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Oral history interview with Richard A. Martinez, Executive Director, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, 1988 : oral history transcript / by Carlos Vázquez, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles ; April 12 and 18, May 2 and 7, 1990, Montebello, California. [1990?].

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Martinez discusses his family background; racism and the 1965 Watts riots; political activism in the Chicano community; various leaders: Estebán Torres, Richard A. Santillán, Raúl Ruíz; Chicano political community in the 1970s; general strategies for activism in the 1990s.

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Administrative History Documentation of California state government with the use of oral history techniques began in 1969 with the Earl Warren Era Oral History Project. It was initiated by the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library and "centered on key developments in politics and government administration at the state and county level, innovations in criminal justice, public health, and social welfare from 1928-1953." ...