Cabral, Randolph Christopher; Johnson, Heidi Christine (friend/friend). 204 South Main Street, Wichita, 2009-10-25T12:30:00
Interview Description
Randolph Christopher Cabral (55) is interviewed by his friend, Heidi Christine Johnson (38) about his father going blind and his invention of the Braille American flag.
:51 interest in Braille started when his father started losing his sight
3:46 father was confused about his cultural identity; am I Mexican or am I American?; considered himself American; father worked on the railroad
14:46 eleven siblings; middle child; close family; grew up in "brown town "in Hutchinson, KS
22:40 father liked to put the American out on the front porch; glaucoma; no one put the flag out for him
34:00 Braille American flag; Arlington National Cementery; where you can find the flag around the United States
Dates
- Creation: 2009-10-25T12:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- AFL-CIO
- Achievements and Awards
- Barack Obama
- Birth
- Blind Rights
- Braille American Flag
- Changes In Education
- Chicago
- Coming Of Age
- Community History
- Community Organizations
- Death
- Engagements
- First Meetings
- Hutchinson, KS
- Immigration Stories
- Job Satisfaction
- Kansas Braille Transcription Institute
- Marriage
- Mexico
- Reading
- Schools
- Town Life
- Urban Life
- War Stories
- Wichita, KS
- Workday Life
- braille
- college
- construction
- family characters
- family heroes
- family members in history
- family naming and nicknames
- family traditions
- glaucoma
- illness
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- personal experiences
- political beliefs and practices
- railroad
- social beliefs and practices
- transcribing
- translating
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu