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Title
Soliz
,
Roy
Abstract
Roy
Soliz
was
born
in
Houston
where he
graduated
from
Jefferson
Davis
High
School
and
attended
the
University
of
Houston
before
fighting
briefly
in
World
War
II
. He was a
well-known
civic
activist
in the
Hispanic
,
Mexican
American
, and
Chicano
communities
of
Houston
. In the
1950s
, he became
involved
in
poll
tax
drives
in these
communities
and also
began
working
for the
Harris
County
Democrats
.
Soliz
was
elected
as a
precinct
judge
in
1964
and was also a
member
of the
Civic
Action
Committee
and a
founding
member
of the
Levi
Kennedy
Johnson
club
, which became the
Political
Association
of
Spanish
Speaking
Organizations
(PASO)
in
1961
. In this
interview
,
Soliz
speaks
about the
discrimination
he
faced
as a
young
child
, his
experiences
as a
community
organizer
, and his part in the
minimum
wage
march
of
1961
.
Title-Alternative
HMRC
Oral
History
Collection
Date of Interview
April 11, 1980
Subjects
Soliz
,
Roy--Interviews
;
Mexican
American
political
organizers--Texas--Houston--Interviews
;
Oral
histories
Subject Keywords
Minimum
wage
march
,
1966
;
Political
Association
of
Spanish
Speaking
Organizations
(PASSO
,
PASO)
Interviewee
Soliz
,
Roy
Interviewers
Thomas
Kreneck
Original Format
Audio tape
Oral History Number
OH273
Language
English
Ownership Notice
The Houston Public Library retains the literary and publishing rights of its oral histories. No part of the interviews or transcripts may be downloaded or published without the written permission of the Houston Oral History Project.
Coverage-Spatial
Houston
(Tex.)
Coverage-Temporal
1950s
;
1960s
Length of Interview
1 hr, 35 min
Type
Sound; Text
Format
Flash Video (FLV); Text
Relation-Is Part Of
HMRC
Oral
History
Collection
Funding provided by
TexTreasures
Grant
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