Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with David Ramirez

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with David Ramirez (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: David Ramirez was born in 1936 in North Dakota, delivered by his father in a chicken coop. His parents had come to the United States in the 1920s, and the family came to Minnesota in 1936. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in humanities and did graduate work at the university in industrial relations. At the time of the interview he was director of the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department, in charge of La Voz, a monthly bilingual publication, a professional photographer, and producer of a radio program. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal history including education, the armed services, and employment; community involvement; La Voz; racial discrimination; ethnic activism in Minneapolis; and the meaning of "Chicano."

Dates

• 07/22/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Ramirez, David
• interviewer: Moosbrugger, Grant

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.55

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Mexican-American Oral History Project' <OH 49>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 18 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:40:38 running time

Subjects

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