Jacques, Carol; Rumble, Bill (wife, husband). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-02-24T17:30:00

File — Interview-ID: MBY006236

Interview Description

Carol Jacques talks to her husband, Bill rumble about her grandparents' emigration to the US from Mexico at the turn of the century and the community of Chavez Ravine where her family had their home until the community was razed.

Facilitator Subject Log

01:11 Carol's grandparents and stories of their lives in poverty in Mexico. When they emigrated to the US, the family carried a stone corn-grinder called a metate all the way.

07:10 The family settled in Chavez Ravine, an area designated for Mexicans in the early 1920's.

13:00 A story about Carol's grandfather's affair with a local boot-legger.

16:30 Reclaiming Mexican identity, Carol's grandfather's legacy of activism.

27:46 Moving to Griffith Park blvd as the first Mexican family. The re=purposing of Chavez Ravine by the City of Los Angeles. It was considered a slum and the residents were forced out to make way for housing projects.

32:50 Going back to visit what was Chavez Ravine, meetings of the "Desenterrados "the uprooted.

39:50 Day of the Dead traditions and honoring ancestors.