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Medrano / Women in the Brown Berets

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Interviewer-"One thing about Brown Berets, I wanted to ask, I didn't see it, it was hidden on my notes, how prominant were woman in the Dallas chapters?" Mr. Medrano-No, no, no, I will show you, [?] Interviewer-"Yea" Mr. Medrano-They were very involved, very, you'll see them involved [?] Interviewer-"Do you keep in touch with any, any...?" Mr. Medrano-No, no, no [?] once in a while, you'll see em and you'll see em, "Was it those days, yea, yea, them girls, you know were reminiscent [?] But, our age, we're take to the era of the blatenly discrimination it was out there, I mean from Kroger who walk in cashiers, baggers, I mean, you know, its changing, you see your own color: Kroger, Walmart, I mean you see that as far as I mean low-income, same economic level, I mean that has not changed, but that as far as where we at today....

Interview Interview with Robert Medrano
Subjects Chicano Power › Brown Berets
Gender and Sexuality › Feminism
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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 00:01:11
Citation "Women in the 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/889/women-in-the-brown-berets, accessed November 07, 2025