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 |
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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 |