Cesar Chavez

Interview Description Guadalupe "Lupita "Arvisu habla con Jeannette Diez Martinez sobre sus experiencias trabajando en el campo y organizando con la unión de Cesar Chavez. [Guadalupe "Lupita "Arvisu tells Jeannette Diez Martinez about her experiences as a fieldworker and organizing with Cesar Chavez's union.] Facilitator Subject Log 01:53 Lupita entró a la unión cuando tenía 25 años. Se acuerda de cuando vió Cesar Chavez por primera vez. Habla también...

Interview Description Lana interviews Rita about her life and her hispanic heritage. Facilitator Subject Log 10:19 By the time she was in High School Rita started to experience discrimination. She dated the one Mexican boy in town (whose parents expected them to get married), but she didn't like him. 15:01 Rita remembers having to sit upstairs at the theater because she was a "kid of color. " She once wasn't served in a restaurant in Newton and the...

Interview Description Javier interviews his mom, Martha, about her time coming to the US and working in the fields with her mother and siblings. Facilitator Subject Log 1:17 Martha's mom was a farmworker. Her father worked in a bakery. Martha remembers waiting to see what her mother brought her from "the other side." 4:24 Her mom and dad separated. Mom took the kids and they crossed the border to live in Texas. 10:57 Worked through rain...

Interview Description Loretta interviews her father, Benny, about his life if social service and his experience with civil rights for the Hispanic community. Facilitator Subject Log 10:00 Benny remembers a man who had earned a medal of honor in war and was refused a funeral service. The proprietor said, "I don't want to offend my white clientele. " 17:00 Benny remembers applying for a job as a truck driver and being denied because he was Mexican...

Interview Description Leticia Martinez (51)and her husband, Everardo Martinez-Inzunza (54) talk about their family backgrounds, how they came to the US, and reflect on their Mexican-American identity. Facilitator Subject Log 00:53 Everardo shares his immigration story from Mexico. The US was not as he imagined it would be. He was now the minority and experienced racism. 06:38 Leticia talks about her background and how she came to the US. Her...

Interview Description Facilitator, Jorge Rios (24) interviews Emma Torres (52) about her experiences in farmworking, her involvement in the United Farm Workers and the Cesar Chavez movement, and her education and work today. Facilitator Subject Log 00:53 Emma talks about Campesinos Sin Fronteras, of which she is the founder and Executive Director. CSF advocates for farmworkers. 02:23 Emma talks about her childhood as a migrant farmworker, and her...