Part 1 of 2 of an oral history with Dr. José Ángel Gutiérrez. Dr. Gutiérrez discusses his family history, his bilingual education, his work towards racial integration, his struggles to pay for higher education, the founding of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), Chicano activism, the Vietnam War, school walkouts, and La Raza Unida Party (RUP).
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector), Gutiérrez, José Ángel, 1944- (interviewee), and Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (interviewer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
2000-04-03
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Discrimination, Mexicano americanos, Texas--Condiciones sociales, Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975, and Discriminación
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 553. Duration of content within the file is 59 minutes, 47 seconds. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Texas at Austin does not hold the copyright to the content of this file. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder. Material copyrighted to Dr. Manuel F. Medrano and The University of Texas at Brownsville. The assets of UT Brownsville are now held by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
Origin Note:
Los del Valle oral history recordings transferred from The University of Texas at Brownsville to The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. Digitized with funds from the Latin American Materials Project (LAMP), Center for Research Libraries.