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Garza / Getting Involved in Education

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Interviewer-"You said it wasn't a predominely Hilspanic neighborhood [?]" Mr. Garza-Cause now, its predominely Hispanic [?] but I would work nights and I started getting involved in a school [?] during the day and thats really where I got exposed to education. They were making trips to other schools in the district and I was just amazed [?]. So, when we moved to [?] in West Colorado [?] and the president had a run-in with the principal, lol. So, I ended up as president, the principal wanted the PTA [?] When I became president [?] About that time, the Civil Rights became active in California and it was a lot scarier which was very pronounced highly publicized. When that happened, of course, African Americans became well-known for their advocacy in their civil rights and then some Hispanic leaders in Texas started asking [?] met in Austin, Joe Bernall, Frank Hernandez here in Dallas and others parts of the state had a a big meeting in Austin and they got a lot publicity about thier meeting and when I read about that, I started [?] We had a Hispanic Annual Conference in Texas. We were going to cover [?]. So, when I came to Dallas I became well involved with that group and they immediately gave me responsibilities-having to develop a speaking program, a scholarly program, and I was traveling all over the states-Texas and New Mexico doing some leadership conferences, so all of that had me developed some skills in the area of education [?] Then, I started raising questions catholic church [?] and I asked him, I said, "look we are doing something in Dallas similar what is happend in the state of [?] so......

Interview Interview with Trini Garza
Subjects Housing › Neighborhoods
Religion › Churches › Church Community and Social Services
Education
Education › Parent and Community Involvement in Education
Education › Teachers and Administrators
Class and Status › Home Ownership and Class
Tags Watts Riot
Bernal, Joe
Hernandez, Frank
Sanchez, Rudy
Cardena, David
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Interview date 2015-06-11
Interview source CRBB Summer 2015
Interviewees Garza, Trini
Interviewers Bynum, Katherine
Duration 00:03:58
Citation "Getting Involved in Education," from Trini Garza oral history interview with Katherine Bynum,  June 11, 2015, Dallas, TX, Civil Rights in Black and Brown Interview Database, https://crbb.tcu.edu/clips/1430/getting-involved-in-education, accessed October 11, 2025