Raul Raya Oral History Interview 2024
Item
Title
Raul Raya Oral History Interview 2024
Identifier
2024.006.004
Type
Oral History
Description
2024 interview with Anthony Vasquez and Raul Raya. Raul recounts when he came to the United States with his aunts and uncles from Guanajuato, Mexico to San Bernardino, California. Raul's family owned a grocery store. He describes how the city used to look, and how the railroad tracks separated the white neighborhoods from the communities of color. Raul discusses working in the grocery shop, working on an apricot farm, and ultimately working as a chef for 50 years.
Subject
Immigration
Segregation
Family Grocery Store
Community Life
Small Business
Spatial Coverage
Leon, Guanajuato (Mexico)
San Bernardino (Calif.)
Las Vegas (Nev.)
Palm Springs (Calif.)
Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.)
Temporal Coverage
1950s-2024
Creator
Raul Raya
Lydia Raya
Anthony Victoria
Date
2024-02-16
Contributor
A People's History of the I.E.
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Rights
Duration
00:20:00