Dr. Gilberto Cárdenas Oral History
Object number2021.001.0072
Date08/11/2021
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Dr. Gilberto Cárdenas
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
DimensionsDuration: 79 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Gilberto Cárdenas. Professor emeritus of sociology and founding director of the Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame, Cárdenas was an early activist and documentary photographer in the Chicano Movement. He worked with United Farm Workers and, while attending East Los Angeles Community College, co-founded the Mexican American Student Association (MASA), the first organization for Chicano student activists in California.
Interview conducted via Zoom on August 11, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and nineteen minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryPrior to joining the faculty of Notre Dame, Cárdenas taught at the University of Texas at Austin from 1975 to 1999. During that time, he founded and served as executive producer of the NPR weekly series, Latino USA. Concurrently, he established a commercial art gallery in Austin featuring Latina/o and Chicano artists. Dr. Cárdenas was later appointed by President George W. Bush to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships as well as the National Museum of the American Latino Commission. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
