Oral history interview with Gloria Gonzalez-Cook, conducted by Guadalupe Galvez-Zamora (video)
Creator
Gonzalez-Cook, Gloria
Contributor
Galvez-Zamora, Guadalupe; Genealogical Society Of Hispanic America, Utah Chapter
Date
2022-03-23
Spatial Coverage
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Subject
Hispanic Americans; University of Utah; Race discrimination; Chicano movement; Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993
Keywords
grape boycott
Description
Gloria Gonzalez-Cook discusses growing up in Salt Lake City, and her efforts to learn Spanish. She talks about her family's background in Mexico and living in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. She discusses family traditions around food, and attending West High in Salt Lake City. She discusses people encouraging Hispanic children to work as opposed to attending college. Gonzales-Cook remembers studying Spanish and Chicano studies at the University of Utah. She discusses the Chicano movement and the discrimination her uncles faced after serving in the military.
Type
Image/MovingImage
Genre
oral histories (literary works)
Format
video/mp4
Extent
01:39:03
Rights
Rights Holder
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah