Oral history interview with Jesús Zavala Rojas, III, 1998 [videorecording].

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Oral history interview with Jesús Zavala Rojas, III, 1998 [videorecording].

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Rojas discusses his election at age 19 to the Robstown, Texas, school board, his reasons for running for the office, and his efforts as vice-president of the board to focus attention on the real needs of Robstown students. (At the time of the interview he had held office for only two months). Rojas also talks about the politics involved in the election of board officers, and about his campaign for election to the board. Additional topics of discussion include racial and ethnic relations and Rojas' activities in high school as a class and student council officer.

1 videocassette (VHS) (33 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 18 p. ; 28 cm.

University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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University of Texas at Arlington. Center for Mexican American Studies

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Gutierrez, Jose Angel,

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Political activist, elected official, and writer. Born Oct. 25, 1944, in Crystal City, Texas. Graduated from Crystal City High School (1962), Texas A. & I. (B.A., 1966), St. Mary's Univ. in San Antonio (M.A., 1968), and the Univ. of Texas at Austin (PhD., 1976). Founder or co-founder of several Chicano organizations in the 1960s and 1970s, including M.A.Y.O. and the Raza Unida Party. Involved in the political takeover of Crystal City's government by its Mexican American majority; elected pre...

Rojas, Jesús Zavala,

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Born December 25, 1978, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Graduated from Del Mar College in 1997. Elected vice-president of the Robstown, Texas, school board in 1998. Nephew of Judge Lorenzo Rojas (CMAS No. 80). From the description of Oral history interview with Jesús Zavala Rojas, III, 1998 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 48270842 ...