Martinez, Christine 2020-09-25
This interview features Christine Martinez as she discusses her family life, background, and education. In this interview, Martinez describes growing up in a Hispanic family and the activism she learned from her parents. She then moves on to recall her first experience with racism and memories she has of her childhood. Martinez closes the interview by recounting her college education and the job she got with the city of Lubbock.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Christine Martinez
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: September 25, 2020
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez
Length: 01:34:23 (1 hour 34 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and 2020 presidential election; Diversity in the Hispanic community; traveling to Cuba; The people of Cuba; Hispanic media and becoming a journalist; Immigration march; Latino Lubbock; The business aspects of making her own monthly magazine; Latino Lubbock in the history of Latino publications
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/373956 >
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