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Medrano / Dallas Brown Berets

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Interviewer-"If I'm not mistaken, there is two chapters of the Brown Berets in Dallas, it was [?]. Which one, which one came first, was it the North Dallas Chapter?" Mr. Medrano-North Dallas, North Dallas Chapter, that was under Juan Perez. Interviewer-Juan Perez, Ok. Mr. Medrano-The leader of the North Dallas. Interviewer-"ok, and, and" Mr. Medrano-If you look in the Dallas Morning News you'll see his picture like that, one picture [?] every other day, every other day. Juan Perez, his picture is in The Dallas Morning News. Interviewer-"Which chapter were you involved?" Mr. Medrano-In the North Dallas. Interviewer-"North Dallas?. Ok, how many communication did you guys have with that Brown Berets chapter?" Mr. Medrano-They came all the way from West Dallas. Interviewer-" Oh." Mr. Medrano-And the reason was like you'll were fighting issues that were permanant to the streets and airport noise and this and that, you know and you'll not, you'll don't care about West Dallas. I mean you'll, were on the leadership, join us and then maybe you can tell us issues that we should be addressing over there, over there, they got mosquitos, they got outhouses, still outhouses, unpaved streets, you'll don't care about [?] Yes, we do..no, no, so, we would start our own chapter. Interviewer-"Ok" Mr. Medrano-Do the challenges that you think seek fit....

Interview Interview with Robert Medrano
Subjects Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations › Local Civil Rights Organizations
Geography › Geographic Disparities in Infrastructure
Chicano Power › Brown Berets
Tags Perez, Juan
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Interview date 2015-06-10
Interview source CRBB Summer 2015
Interviewees Medrano, Robert
Interviewers Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Locations Dallas, TX
Duration 00:01:28
Citation "Dallas Brown Berets," 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/247/dallas-brown-berets, accessed October 17, 2025