Soliz, Roy
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Title |
Soliz, Roy |
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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. |
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Collection Name |
HMRC Oral History Collection |
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Date of Interview |
April 11, 1980 |
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Subject Terms |
Soliz, Roy--Interviews ;
Mexican Americans--Texas--Houston--Interviews ;
Community organization--Texas--Houston ;
Discrimination against Mexican Americans ;
Oral histories |
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Themes and Keywords |
Minimum wage march, 1966 ; Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations (PASSO, PASO) |
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Interviewee |
Soliz, Roy |
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Interviewers |
Kreneck, Thomas |
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Original Format |
Audio tape |
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Oral History Number |
OH273 |
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Language |
English |
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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. |
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Geographic Subject Terms |
Houston (Tex.) |
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Era |
1950s ; 1960s |
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Length of Interview |
1 hour, 35 minutes |
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Type |
Sound ; Text |
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Format |
Compound resource consisting of audio recording and transcript. |
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Funding provided by |
TexTreasures Grant |
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