Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 04

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 04

Identifier

ELIBR-0078-4

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Creation Date

8-26-2009

Description

  • 00:00 - Introduction.
  • 00:20 - Kika works on Johnson’s campaign.
  • 02:25 - Kika's run for congress.
  • 03:00 - What were your general thoughts in the Vietnam War?
  • 07:04 - Involvement in Vietnam.
  • 10:31 - Kika’s loyalty to President Johnson.
  • 11:33 - The way Kika was helping on the war.
  • 15:35 - Kika changes his views about the involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • 16:45 - Background of the people that Kika met at the war.
  • 24:22 - Vietnamese movement.
  • 24:26 - Kika’s position.
  • 26:11 - Political media disaster.
  • 27:13 - Do you remember what your thoughts were when you realized that Johnson was not going to run for reelection?
  • 27:33 - Did Johnson’s decision affect you?
  • 28:43 - Good Spanish speaking friends at the White House.
  • 31:29 - Did you support the program of 1968 for this area?
  • 32:43 - Did you support President Kennedy's movement?
  • 32:57 - Kika talks about his bilingual background.
  • 34:27 - Kika talks about his education background.
  • 35:00 - Mexican-Americans in Politics
  • 35:15 - Elected Hispanics
  • 35:44 - Martin Luther King assassinated and the Civil rights movement.
  • 43:11 - Violence at the convention in Chicago.
  • 43:35 - Changing the system peacefully.
  • 46:37 - What were the main concerns about switching from a democratic president to a republican president?
  • 47:00 - Did you centralize services?
  • 47:23 - City councils.
  • 48:00 - Do you think federalism is a good model of government?
  • 50:16 - Kika’s campaign.
  • 51:00 - Agriculture: feeding the people
  • 54:00 - Did you have more work because of the centralization?
  • 58:00 - Is there anything else you want to add?
  • 1:01:00 - Influence of Texas at the federal level.

Format

.MP4

Length

00:56:43

Language

English

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 04

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