Lideres Latinos Oral History Project: Interview with Gilbert de la O

Titles: Lideres Latinos Oral History Project: Interview with Gilbert de la O (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Gilbert de la O was born in New Ulm, Minnesota. His family moved from Texas to Minnesota in search of work. He started working at the Neighborhood House, a community center, as a teen and continued for over fifty years. De la O is married with two children. He also served as the first Chicano ever on the St. Paul School Board. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family background, community involvement; childhood growing up at the Neighborhood House child care center; revolution of 1910; financial struggles; Our Lady of Guadalupe church; Jewish community; Latino community; lack of diversity; Black Bridge; racism in the classroom; the Chicano Movement with the Brown Berets; Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota; serving in the Vietnam War; military order in his life; changing views towards being against wars; impact of sports; unemployment; growing diversity in Saint Paul; uniting the Latino community; education; and the West Side Boosters.

Dates

• 03/29/2010 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Duarte, Lorena
• interviewee: de la O, Gilbert

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH135
• Accession Number: AV2011.2.5

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Lideres Latinos Oral History Project' <OH 135>

Quantity: 1 digital file 55 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:43:11 running time

Subjects

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