Henry Vasquez 2024.001.019

Title

Identifier

2024.001.019

Type

Sound

Description

Henry Vasquez recounts his experiences as a teacher for several schools in the San Bernardino area, as well as the challenges his community was forced to overcome. Henry is Chicano, and is well connected with the Native American communities near his area. In his time, the state attempted to discourage bilingual education in an attempt to assimilate natives and immigrants. He, as well as several of his collegues, protested this change, and such attempts eventually halted. Henry advocates for the opening of more Indian Centers so that members of the Native communities can be better educated to fix the problems around them. He also criticizes the encroachment of warehouses on his community due to community concerns of pollution.

Subject

Bilingual education

Integration

San Bernardino schools

Native American languages

Indian Centers

Pollution

Spatial Coverage

University of California Riverside

San Bernardino Valley College

Riley Elementary

Golden Valley Junior High

Burbank Elementary School

Temporal Coverage

1977-2004

Creator

Yvonne Marquez

Date

August 6, 2019

Contributor

Zhiqin Jiang

Format

Interview

Language

English

Rights

Duration

01:27:59

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