| Title: |
De Leon, Gloria
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Texas, Arlington. Central Library. Special Collections Department
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| Collection: |
Tejano Voices: University of Texas at Arlington Center for Mexican American Studies Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Mr. Nieto and Ms. De León discuss their roles in defining the mission and goals of the National Hispanic Institute. They describe the NHI focus, which is the training of Latino youth to become leaders in Latino communities. They talk about the importance of providing opportunities for Mexican American students in education and practical socio-political involvement so as to instill in them a sense of pride and accomplishment and enable them to assume leadership roles in the Latino community. Both interviewees detail and describe the purposes of the different programs offered by the NHI. They each elaborate upon their definition of leadership and their belief that the mission of the NHI fulfils that image. They express their opinion that the biggest threat to Mexican Americans is losing their cultural identity while living in and absorbing Anglo social and political values. They conclude the interview with their respective family histories and genealogies.
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| Extent: |
31 pages
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| URL: |
http://libraries.uta.edu/tejanovoices/transcripts/TV_110.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1998 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
De Leon, Gloria, 1952-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
16-Dec-1952
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| Speaker place of birth: |
McAllen, TX; Texas; United States; North America
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| Age at speaking: |
46
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| Document location: |
Maxwell, TX
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| Document date: |
02-Feb-1998
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| Interviewer: |
Gutierrez, Jose Angel
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| Organizations discussed: |
National Hispanic Institute, Maxwell, TX; Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
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| Locations discussed: |
Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; McAllen, TX; North America; Texas; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Austin, TX; Children; Community; Culture; Education; Fort Worth, TX; Hispanic American leadership; Hispanic American women; Hispanic American youth; Hispanic Americans; Houston, TX; McAllen, TX; National Hispanic Institute, Maxwell, TX; North America; Oral history; Texas; Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0000197-142
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