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OH 1821

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeDURÁN, Raúl (b. 1955)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1821
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Career Navigator for the Empowering Families Project (Catholic Charities) and Hispanic community activist. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; witnessing discrimination against African Americans; navigating an Anglo-dominated world as a Mexican American; experiencing discrimination; participation in LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens); activism for educational attainment in Fort Worth’s Hispanic community, with Anglos as Chicano politics; self-identifying as Mexicano; work with Catholic Charities.
Interviewer(s)Moises Gurrola
Physical Description47 pp.
Terms of UseOpen