Filipino Community Oral History Project: Interview with Adelbert Batica

Titles: Filipino Community Oral History Project: Interview with Adelbert Batica (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Adelbert Batica was born in Manila, Philippines. He was imprisoned by Ferdinand Marcos for his opposition to martial law in the Philippines. After being released Batica and his wife left the Philippines for the U.S. He lives in Minnesota with his family working for the Department of Transportation and acting as a leader in the Filipino community. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family; childhood; poverty in the Philippines; college; martial law under Ferdinand Marcos; being a political prisoner; marriage; immigrating; traveling to Peru; the Filipino-American community; People Power Revolution; politics; personal heroes; activism.

Dates

• 01/26/2011 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Malicsi, Lita
• interviewee: Batica, Adelbert

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 126
• Accession Number: AV2011.16.3

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Filipino Community Oral History Project' <OH 126>

Quantity: 1.25 hours sound cassette 53 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:20:31 running time

Subjects

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