Oral history interview with Margie Victoria Delgado, conducted by Camilla Flores (transcript)

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Title Oral history interview with Margie Victoria Delgado, conducted by Camilla Flores (transcript)
Creator Delgado, Margie Victoria
Contributor Flores, Camilla; Genealogical Society Of Hispanic America, Utah Chapter
Date 2021-03-21
Spatial Coverage Colorado, United States; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Subject Delgado, Margie Victoria--Interviews; Chicano movement; Racism against Hispanic Americans; Hispanic Americans; Social workers; University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae
Keywords Latinx Identity
Description Margie Victoria Delgado discusses being raised in a family that emphasized assimilation, so she is not bilingual. She talks about attempting to learn Spanish through different classes. She discusses her family history and genealogy, and how her grandmother came to settle in Grand Junction, Colorado. She went to live with her aunt and uncle in Salt Lake City as a young girl after her mother died. She recounts how she learned about racism when attending school, and having the opportunity to attend the University of Utah through the Spanish-Speaking Organization for Community, Integrity, and Opportunity (SOCIO) organization. She discusses the impact of the Chicano movement on her life, and her work with the juvenile court system.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 17 pages
Rights
Rights Holder Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6g4fced
Collection Name Construyendo Latinidad
State Colorado; Utah
City Grand Junction; Layton; Salt Lake City
Setname uum_cliw
ID 1722959
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g4fced
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