Medrano / Local Activists
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Interviewer-"I have a question about Bodark, I just by the way," Mr. Medrano-Charlie Young? Interviewer-" Yea, so Charlie Young, he apparantly, he to dramatize the point of a lof of people I believe [?] he dumped a box of cockroaches in the city council chanmbers and he dumped it." Mr. Medrano-And he almost gave in when he [?] he was showing that there was no housing inforcement and he would really pick up the [?] Interviewer-"One newspaper referred to Charlie Young as a farm boy from Grapevine, and you know, very rural, very, [?] no, I wanted to ask about it [?] Well, wer're going to add him to our contact" Mr. Medrano-And he is [?] Interviewer-"Really" Mr. Medrano[?], he does weddings, you know whatever, you know [?] Interviewer-"Would you happen to know how to contact him?" Mr. Medrano-No, sure don't Interviewer-"Ok, well, will find a way. Um, so Bogart, are they originally from Dallas or was it....?" Mr. Medrano-I don't know, they got started in Dallas, so they just, I was in Charlie Young and look at him immediately and you'll see Fred [?] which led the [?] change and he changed his name to [?] Fred [?], Charlie Young, and Juan Perez, [?] front pages in the Dallas Morning News [?] Interviewer-"I think I did actually, let me pull this up, I think, I think that's what you sent me last night, if I'm not mistaken, its somewhere and I can pull it up later and I can show it to you, but I think I..." Mr. Medrano-And that's what they were saying, they were warning the media and now you have problems, you have three coalitions of the black, brown, white and these are dealing with [?] you got the police brutality [?] and thats what the media wanted to do [?] Brown Beret with a red cross and then they get on with it. The Black Panther with the brown leather jacket, and Charlie Young [?]. Interviewer-"Was Charlie Young, was he a [?] Mr. Medrano-I don't know. Interviewer-"I know a lot of them were through right?" Mr. Medrano-Yea, yea, oh yes, yes, yes, a lot of [?] workers were involved in activity that we were involved, they wouldn't call themselves [?]...money got in to [?] registration and went out there under the disguise of blew up the 41C whatever, they were non-profit. Interviewer-"The 4T3, I think. Mr. Medrano-Yea, you're are not supposed to be doing that, but you still got the money and you're trained properly so whenever they ask you, "What are you doing?" [?] But, I would'nt dare mention what I'm really am doing. Interviewer-"Alright" Mr. Medrano-[?] there're watching him [?] to educate yourself and your government and you can get him killed too, you get involved and that kind of stuff [?] Intervierwer-"So, that answers a question that I had on me cause I don't know anything about Bodark at all" Mr. Medrano-[?] Interviewer-"Did he print some [?] Interviewer-"Do you have?" Mr. Medrano- No, no, Interviewer-"No" Mr. Medrano-But I remember all that, and I will tell ya, I don't doubt it, the guy upstairs [?].. Interviewer-"What about Ecko, would yo? [?] Interviewer-"Yea, I tried looking for that, I ran a Google search for Juan Perez minister" Mr. Medrano-Yea, thats it, thats it. Interviewer-"I could'nt find anything, I don't know what church. Mr. Medrano-[?] He did play a part in [?] to jail, so let them put him in jail [?] they see the senstation [?] Interviewer-"Right" Mr. Medrano-People got escorted, chained, or whatever...
| Interview | Interview with Robert Medrano |
| Subjects | Community Organizations › Civil Rights Organizations › Local Civil Rights Organizations |
| Race Relations › Anglo-Mexican Race Relations | |
| Race Relations › Black-White Race Relations | |
| Race Relations › Black-Brown Race Relations | |
| Electoral Politics | |
| Tags | Young, Charlie |
| Bois d'Arc Patriots | |
| Volunteerism | |
| Volunteers in Service to America | |
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| Interview date | 2015-06-10 |
| Interview source | CRBB Summer 2015 |
| Interviewees | Medrano, Robert |
| Interviewers | Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés |
| Locations | Dallas, Texas |
| Duration | 00:07:01 |
| Citation | "Local Activists," 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/879/local-activists, accessed November 21, 2025 |