Arce, Hope; Pérez McEnelly, Minerva (aunt/niece). Discovery Green Park, 2009-12-15T15:30:00

File — Interview-ID: MBY006058

Interview Description

Hope Arce (72) talks with her niece Minerva Pérez McEnelly (54) about the discrimination she has faced as a Mexican-American and family genealogy.

Facilitator Subject Log

3:17 descrimination that Emilio (Hope's father) faced; he was left handed and he never learned to read or write

9:02 punished at school for speaking Spanish; family of firsts; first Sheriff of Alamo; Minerva was punished for speaking Spanish in the first grade

16:23 Pérez family had land that was eaten up by the war; Pérez family was the Spanish side of Minerva's family

22:49 How much would they would make as migrant workers?; Minerva's story of picking cotton one day; Minerva always wanted to be dark

31:31 Hope's husband was the first Mexican-American to work at a prison in the Houston area