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Medrano / Activist Groups at UT-Arlington

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Interviewer-"First of all can you tell me the story of like that sort of changing at UT Arlington and what kind of, who did you have to organize with?" Mr. Medrano-Well the same students that we all ended up commuting in one car, so there was not commuting in one car [?] we all commuting in one car, so there is no transportation [?]. The campus was small, so we commuted back and forth, back and forth and since we are already knew what it was to approach, you know, a president or principal or [?] were kind of, no fear, no fear, you know. What we wanted is what we wanted. And, so, at that time then, we ended up meeting other activists that are there from different areas-Fort Worth, you know, different suburbias. Interviewer-"Which groups were they, were they a certain groups or?" Mr. Medrano-Well, the Black Panthers were already, well there was already a couple of African Americans, The [?] were there, its a very activist wide militant activitst [?] was there already, so there a lot of [?] weather. Intervierwer-"Underground?" Mr. Medrano-weather man. Interviewer-"Weather underground, am I right?" Interviewer-Weather man and the weather underground."Interviewer-"OK" Mr. Medrano-We met them and the war was on [?] escalation of Kennedy in 63 advisors, so that makes me that makes me three years into the campus, 63 in activism and [?] they are killing out brothers and sisters, 18 year olds are the ones that are being drafted, cause I was draft at that time... Interviewer-"Mmm"

Interview Interview with Robert Medrano
Subjects Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations › Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Military › Vietnam War
Military › Military Draft
Student Activism
Student Activism › Student Organizations
Black Power › Black Panthers
People › Kennedy, Robert F.
Direct Action › Protests
Tags Bois d'Arc Patriots
Weather Underground
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Interview date 2015-06-10
Interview source CRBB Summer 2015
Interviewees Medrano, Robert
Interviewers Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Duration 00:01:42
Citation "Activist Groups at UT-Arlington," from Robert Medrano oral history interview with Moisés Acuña-Gurrola,  June 10, 2015, Dallas, TX, Civil Rights in Black and Brown Interview Database, https://crbb.tcu.edu/clips/246/activist-groups-at-ut-arlington, accessed October 13, 2025