Gloria Arellanes Oral History

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Gloria Arellanes Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Gloria Arellanes. A recognized leader of the Chicano Movement, Arellanes was the only female minister in the Brown Berets and a vocal anti-Vietnam War activist. She traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968 and has remained a prominent community activist in El Monte, California, for more than sixty years. Interview conducted over Zoom on July 30, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 16 minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Gloria Arellanes Oral History

Date:

07/30/2021

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 76 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2021.001.0064

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this 2021 Museum oral history, Ms. Arellanes also participated in a 95-minute video oral history on June 26, 2016, as part of the Civil Rights History Project at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress. The full recording and transcript may be accessed here at the Library of Congress: Gloria Arellanes oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in El Monte, California, 2016 June 26. | Library of Congress (loc.gov). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Gloria Arellanes Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Gloria Arellanes. A recognized leader of the Chicano Movement, Arellanes was the only female minister in the Brown Berets and a vocal anti-Vietnam War activist. She traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968 and has remained a prominent community activist in El Monte, California, for more than sixty years. Interview conducted over Zoom on July 30, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 16 minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Gloria Arellanes Oral History

Date:

07/30/2021

Terms:

Civil rights

Oral histories

Vietnam

Women's rights

Protests

Poor People's Campaign

Dallas

Washington, D.C.

El Monte

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Vietnam (OHC)

Chicano History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 76 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2021.001.0064

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this 2021 Museum oral history, Ms. Arellanes also participated in a 95-minute video oral history on June 26, 2016, as part of the Civil Rights History Project at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress. The full recording and transcript may be accessed here at the Library of Congress: Gloria Arellanes oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in El Monte, California, 2016 June 26. | Library of Congress (loc.gov). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator