<I>Alicia Escalante Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 6, 2019
name: label: Created by
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
label: Interview of
content: Alicia Escalante, American, born 1933
label: Interviewed by
content: Kelly Elaine Navies, American
label: Recorded by
content: Trudy Hutcherson, American
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: National Welfare Rights Organization, American, 1966 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, born 1941
label: Subject of
content: Corky Gonzales, American, 1928 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Escuela Tlatelolco, American, 1971 - 2017
label: Subject of
content: Brown Berets, American, founded 1966
label: Subject of
content: Hawthorne School, American, 1956 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: An oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.12.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews.
label: Description
content: In this interview, Alicia Lara, a Chicana activist from East Los Angeles, discusses her early life; her activist work fighting for welfare rights, women’s rights, and economic justice; and her participation in the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968.
label: Description
content: Lara begins the interview by discussing her upbringing and family life in El Paso, Texas. She describes how her father was abusive and recalls how her mother fled to Los Angeles to live with her sister. She also recounts how she ran away to join her mother when she was a child. Lara then talks about her early years in East Los Angeles before turning to a discussion of how she became involved in welfare rights organizing.
label: Description
content: Lara discusses her participation in the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968 and talks about her experience staying at the Hawthorne School in Washington, DC. She then speaks about her continued activism after the Campaign and talks about her work with Corky Gonzalez in Denver. In conclusion, Lara reflects on the current political climate and the Trump administration, and she shares some advice for younger generations of activists.
place: label: Place collected
content: Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: East Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Poor People’s Campaign Oral Histories
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Poor People's Campaign
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.78.12.1
objectType: label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 01:52:15
label: Dimensions
content: 17.4 GB