Cipriano Orona, 1972

File — Box: 2, item: 64-65

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Scope and Contents

Background, working on the railroad, working conditions, wages and working hours, education, Chicano movement, discrimination, Desidero Llegas (grandfather), Alianza Hispano Americana (Mexican organization in Lordsville 1928), discussion on the word Chicano. Interviewed by Greg Coronado in Whitter, California. 29 pages.

Mexican culture, the Brown Berets, working on the railroad, Mormon bishop, Mexican attitudes, Mexican Unions CROM, education and acculturation, discussion on the Chicano movement and La Raza, leader definition, Ceasar Chavez, Reies Tijerina and Corky Gonzalez, worker recruitment agencies, defense jobs, social security numbers issued to Mexican nationals, workers supply agencies, Pheleps-Dodge sponsored patriotic celebrations, second generation Mexican-Americans. Interviewed by Greg Coronado in Whittier, California. 21 pages.

Dates

1972

Conditions Governing Access

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