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Oral History Interview with Irene Favila, June 30, 2016

Description: Irene Favila was raised in Lockney, Texas. As a child and teenager, Favila’s family would migrate to Kansas and Colorado during the summers to work in agricultural fields. After graduating from high school, Favila did not attend college—being discouraged by school officials—and entered the workforce. She then entered court reporting school in Plainview, Texas and worked as a court reporter in Amarillo, Texas—perhaps becoming the first Mexican American court reporter in the Texas Panhandle. Favi… more
Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Favila, Irene & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Juan Chavez, June 13, 2016

Description: Juan Chávez was born in Colorado of ethnic Mexicans. As a young child, his father died and his family moved from a Colorado mining town to Muleshoe, Texas. In Muleshoe, Chávez remembers facing discrimination and African American children having to go to an African American school. He, as most other ethnic Mexican children in Muleshoe at the time, left school after seventh grade and began working. As a young man, he joined Chicanos Unidos Campesinos, a Muleshoe organization. He also helped lead … more
Date: June 13, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Chavez, Juan; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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