Oral history interview with Adán V. Gonzales, 1997 [videorecording].

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Oral history interview with Adán V. Gonzales, 1997 [videorecording].

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Adán V. Gonzales first details his family background in Bee County, Texas and his lifelong experiences with race discrimination. He tells about his involvement in the election of Louis Duffy as county sheriff against notorious incumbent Robert Vail Ennis. He discusses his failures and successes in business and how he brought about more opportunities for Mexican Americans in Bee County and at Chase Field (later the U.S. Naval Air Station-Beeville). He attributes his success in becoming a county commissioner to the assistance of then attorney Jimmy DeAnda, and hails the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project for its part in fighting a number of legal battles over Bee County elections.

1 videocassette(s) (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 43 p. ; 28 cm.

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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