Aaron / Describing Self Then and Now
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Interviewer: Which labels would you use to describe yourself back then and now? Aaron: Young. Inexperienced. (laughs) Very enthused, you know, about the struggle. Basically, young and enthused. Full of fire and love for my people. That’s how I would describe it back then. Interviewer: Now? Aaron: I’m old. (laughs) I still love the people but I don’t think I got that same fire, you know what I’m saying?
| Interview | Interview with James Aaron |
| Subjects | Citizenship › Civic Engagement |
| Citizenship › Political Rights | |
| Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations | |
| Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations › National and Regional Civil Rights Organizations | |
| Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations › Local Civil Rights Organizations | |
| Race Relations | |
| Race Relations › Black-White Race Relations | |
| Ideology | |
| Black Power | |
| Black Power › Black Panthers | |
| Black Power › Local Black Power Organizations | |
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| Interview date | 2016-06-08 |
| Interview source | CRBB Summer 2016 |
| Interviewees | Aaron, James |
| Interviewers | Enriquez, Sandra |
| Rodriguez, Samantha | |
| Locations | Houston, TX |
| Duration | 00:01:02 |
| Citation | "Describing Self Then and Now," from James Aaron oral history interview with Sandra Enriquez and Samantha Rodriguez, June 08, 2016, Houston,TX, Civil Rights in Black and Brown Interview Database, https://crbb.tcu.edu/clips/2581/love-for-my-people, accessed October 26, 2025 |
