Placido Garcia
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Johnson, Paula, Curator
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Loza, Mireya
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Velasquez, Steve
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content: Latino Winemakers Oral History Project Collection
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content: Latino Winemakers Oral History Project Collection / Born-Digital Interviews
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content: 131.74 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 1:11:57, mp3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2016-04-13
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content: Item NMAH-AC1516-BDA0009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Audio
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content: In his interview, Placido speaks about being a migrant worker on the East Coast and working at Christian Brothers. He discusses his efforts to improve the lives of the Mexican community in Napa through his organizing with Cesar Chavez and setting up Clinica OLE. Placido also helped create the Virgin of Guadalupe shrine at Chateau Montelena. Other topics he discusses include his musical interests, the radio station, and his work with city government.

Please note that wind noise affects portions of interview. This audio file was remastered in Sound Forge to reduce the wind noise.