Documentary on the life of Dr. Américo Paredes, born in Brownsville, Texas. Dr. Paredes talks about being born during border troubles or ethnic cleansing along the U.S.-Mexico border when Texas Rangers and others murdered Mexicans. Dr. Paredes talks about the meaning of the word mojado in a Brownsville context. His first poem, \A Sonnet Tonight,\ won a poetry contest at Trinity College. Dr. Paredes talks about the reasons for writing music.
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Mexicano americanos, and Texas--Condiciones sociales
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America and Brownsville, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 2195. Duration of content within the file is 27 minutes, 40 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.