Oral history interview with Ed Muñoz (transcript)

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Title Oral history interview with Ed Muñoz (transcript)
Creator Muñoz, Ed A.
Contributor Valdez, John; Genealogical Society Of Hispanic America, Utah Chapter
Date 2021-12-29
Spatial Coverage Nebraska, United States; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; Texas, United States; Wyoming, United States
Subject Muñoz, Ed A.--Interviews; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Higher education; Sociology; University of Utah. Ethnic Studies Division; University of Utah School for Cultural and Social Transformation; Blue collar workers; Racism against Hispanic Americans
Keywords Chicano; Tejanos
Description Ed Munoz discusses growing up in Nebraska and his parents' background coming to Nebraska from Texas. He discusses his family's background as sugar beet workers and how they started working after seventh and eighth grade. He details his perspective as a sociologist as he recounts his family's experiences with redlining and discrimination. His mother encouraged him to attend college, and he returned to university after several years of blue collar work for a variety of businesses. He reflects on current events and his former students.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 22 pages
Rights
Rights Holder Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6cc7yde
Collection Name Construyendo Latinidad
State Utah; Texas; Wyoming; Nebraska
City Salt Lake CIty; Laramie; Catarina; Manchaca; Gering
Setname uum_cliw
ID 2517894
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc7yde
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