/internal/media/dispatcher/72889/fullDr. Gilberto Cárdenas Oral History08/11/2021Duration: 79 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.00720Videotaped 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 over Zoom on August 11, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 19 minutes long.
Technical note: This interview consists of a Zoom audio-video file, an isolated Zoom combined audio track, and HD video reference of Stephen Fagin in 501 Elm board room.Oral Histories657960E-100E-1072425Oral history0E-10Videotaped 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.Oral historiesAuthorPhotographerCivil rightsStudentProtestsChavez, CesarDallasLos AngelesDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Chicano History and Culture (OHC)Prior 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