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OH 1853

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeMARTÍNEZ-EBERS, Dr. Valerie (b. 1956)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1853
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionProfessor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes towards Latinos/Latinas in various parts of the United States; teaching politics of race and ethnicity at UNT; continued activism; UNT organizations for Latinos/Latinas.
Interviewer(s)Katherine E. Bynum
Physical Description42 pp.
Terms of UseOpen