Medrano / City Council Campaigns
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And then finally when they finally named the high school, they had to go through the school board and by that time I was elected, I was elected in 1974 for the school board. I ran in 1972 [?] took 10% of the vote [?] in 1973 took 15% of the vote, the numbers down and I won all three Hispanic and half African American areas. So, I knew that I had support political, black and brown. So, when I won [?] thats what started to slowly get me to run.....
| Interview | Interview with Robert Medrano |
| Subjects | Race Relations › Black-Brown Race Relations |
| Electoral Politics › Electoral Districts | |
| Electoral Politics › Electoral Districts › Single-Member Districts | |
| Tags | Gabe P. Allen Elementary School, Dallas, TX |
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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 | 00:01:17 |
| Citation | "City Council Campaigns," 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/257/city-council-campaigns, accessed October 26, 2025 |
