| Title: |
Gus Velasco
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Mexican American/Chicano History: Chicano Student Movement
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| Description: |
Gus Velasco was a teacher and school administrator . He became a teacher at Los Nietos elementary school which he had attended as a child. In school, he avoided gangs by taking an interest in his studies and participating in sports. He noted that his sisters, who had darker skin than he did, faced even more discrimination than he did. Later Velasco quit teaching to take a job as a school administrator because he believed he could influence more students that way. He also volunteered at a community center to help local residents.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Velasco, Gus
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educational administrator; Teacher
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
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| Locations discussed: |
California; Long Beach, CA; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
California; California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA; Community centers; Long Beach, CA; North America; Oral history; Race discrimination--United States; School administrators; Teachers; United States
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035278-38846
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