Mateo Camarillo oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in National City, California, 2016 June 28
Camarillo, Mateo,
1941-
interviewee
Cline, David P.,
1969-
interviewer
Bishop, John Melville,
videographer
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
moving image
videorecording
text
two-dimensional moving image
Personal narratives.
Filmed interviews.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Video recordings.
dcu
2016
monographic
20160628
2016.
eng
11 video files (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (2:02:53) : digital, sound, color.
transcript 1 item (.pdf) : text files.
Mateo R. Camarillo talks of his involvement in a range of civil rights campaigns in and around the San Diego area, since the 1960s, including fair housing, police-community tensions, collaboration and cooperation with city officials on these issues. He recalls racism in the south during his service years in Vietnam. Finally, he talks about his entrepreneurial work in recent years.
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Recorded in National City, California, on June 28, 2016.
Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039: 0140), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.).
Mateo Camarillo was born in 1941 in Tijuana, Mexico. His family moved to San Diego, CA when he was 10 years old where he attended school. While attending San Diego State University, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. After graduating from college in 1965, he volunteered to join the U.S. Army, and he served for two years in Europe. Upon returning to San Diego, he became a social worker. He formed the San Diego chapter of Trabajadores de la Raza and worked to establish bilingual pay programs. After serving as Executive Director of the Chicano Federation, in 1976 he went into private business development in several different fields including bilingual radio stations.
The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.
In English.
Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005
n-us-ca
Camarillo, Mateo,
1941-
Interviews
Wilson, Pete,
1933-
Chicano Federation of San Diego County.
National Council of La Raza.
Trabajadores de la Raza (Organization)
Chicano movement
Civil rights movements
California
Civil rights movements
United States
Civil rights workers
California
Interviews
Discrimination in employment
California
Mexican Americans
Civil rights
Voter registration
California
United States
Emigration and immigration
Political aspects
Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
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Civil Rights History Project collection
(DLC) 2012655221
AFC 2010/039: 0140
2016655431
hdl:loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0140
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DLC
191015
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