Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 01

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 01

Identifier

ELIBR-0078-1

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Creation Date

7-16-2009

Description

  • 00:00 - Introduction
  • 00:30 - Background information – where you born?
  • 01:00 - Can you talk a little bit about your family (mother, father, brothers/sisters)?
  • 02:00 - First years in School
  • 03:00 - Kika lived with his uncles while he was studying at Mission, Texas.
  • 04:20 - How did you get the nickname “Kika”?
  • 06:00 - Can you tell us some childhood memories that you think about right now?
  • 08:00 - Neighborhood friends and the Edinburg canal.
  • 11:00 - How long were you in the Navy?
  • 12:00 - What kind of influences did you have while you were growing up (people, grandmother, uncles)?
  • 12:30 - Kika’s uncles – main and great influences to his life
  • 14:00 - Were you were in any type of sport when you were in Mission High school?
  • 15:00 - Football and basketball player.
  • 17:30 - Kika did his associate at Edinburg Pan American University and then went to Saint Mary at San Antonio, Texas to start his law school degree.
  • 18:50 - Can you just give us an idea about what has changed the most in the Valley since you were growing up compared to nowadays?
  • 21:15 - How old do you were when you joined the Navy?
  • 22:00 - Kika’s experiences at the Navy.
  • 31:00 - Divisions at the Navy.
  • 35:00 - Kika, back from the Navy continues his studies at Saint Mary at San Antonio.
  • 36:30 - Why did you decide it to study law?
  • 36:40 - Kika grew up in a political family.
  • 40:00 - Kika ran for the legislature.
  • 45:00 - Legislature facts.
  • 51:00 - While you were in the Texas legislature, did you work on any agriculture issues?
  • 52:00 - Is anything else you want to mention or add regarding to the Texas legislature?

Format

.MP4

Length

01:05:22

Language

English

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 01

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