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1. Interview of Gloria Arellanes (2011)

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Minister of finance and correspondence of the Brown Beret organization's founding chapter. Administrator of El Barrio Free Clinic and member of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee.

2. Interview of Cruz Olmeda Becerra

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Co-founder of the Brown Berets who protested against unfair conditions in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Founder of the cultural nationalist group, La Junta.

3. Interview of Victoria Castro

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Founding member of the Brown Berets, and key organizer of the Chicano Blowouts. Became the second Latina member of the LA School Board.

4. Interview of Phillip Castruita

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Founding member of the United Mexican American Students (UMAS) organization at California State University, Los Angeles. Chicano studies professor, helped implement Chicano studies program in higher education.

5. Interview of Félix Gutiérrez

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Length:
9.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
University of Southern California professor of journalism and communication. University of Southern California professor of american studies and ethnicity. First executive director of the California Chicano News Media Association and senior vice president of the Freedom Forum and the Newseum.

6. Interview of Ramón Holguín

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
15 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Chicano Moratorium Committee, and involved in the creation of the Chicano Studies Department at California State University, Northridge.

7. Interview of Lydia Lopez

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Member of Católicos por La Raza protests. Involved in the sanctuary movement in Los Angeles, the resettlement of refugees from Central America.

8. Interview of Vahac Mardirosian

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Chairman of the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee (EICC) during the Chicano Blowouts. Founder of the Hispanic Urban Center Board of Education and the Parent Institute for Quality Education.

9. Interview of Carlos Montes

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
16 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Founding member of the Brown Berets, and key organizer of the Chicano Blowouts. Member of La Vida Nueva and the movement to establish the Chicano Studies program at East Los Angeles College.

10. Interview of Ricardo Muñoz

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles lawyer and administrative law judge with the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Important in the fight for a living wage ordinance and for a new high school.

11. Interview of Rosalio Muñoz

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Mexican American activist and co-chair of the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War.

12. Interview of Anna Nieto Gomez

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Founder of Hijas de Cuauhtemoc, Encuentro Feminil, and La Feminista, publications focused on issues relating to feminism and the Chicana community. Created a Chicana studies curriculum at California State University, Northridge, served as assistant professor in their Chicano studies department.

13. Interview of Martha Palacios

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
3.5 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
An organizer and leader of the Chicana/o student movement at CSULA from 1969 to 1973, and one of the leaders of the Comisión Feminil chapter at CalState LA as well as La Vida Nueva at East Los Angeles College.

14. Interview of Joe Razo

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Member in the Chicano Blowouts. Co-editor, writer, and photographer for La Raza, a Chicano-movement newspaper.

15. Interview of Ruth Robinson Rivera

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
4.5 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Organizer with United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez and instructor for teatro campesino courses in Mexican American studies department at San Diego Sate University. Later known as Taru Ruth Rivera

16. Interview of Raúl Ruíz

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
15 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Journalist, photographer, and editor for La Raza, a Chicano-movement newspaper. Ran for office as a candidate of the first and only Mexican American political party, La Raza Unida Party.

17. Interview of David Sanchez

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Length:
13 hrs.
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Founding member of the Brown Berets. Key organizer of the Chicano Moratorium Committee and the Chicano Blowouts.

18. Interview of Irene Tovar

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Chicano Movement
Length:
11.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
Chicano movement activist, member of the Los Angeles County Mexican American Education Committee. Founding member of the Latin American Civic Association. Involved in the creation of a Chicano studies department at California State University, Northridge.

19. Interview of Roger Wood

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Chicano Movement
Length:
7.5 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
Biographical Note:
One of the central clergy in the Church of the Epiphany in Lincoln Heights during the 1960s and 1970s. Played a contributing role in the church's involvement with the Chicana/o Movement.