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Oral history interview with Cindy Muñoz

 Collection
Identifier: SR12263

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Cindy Muñoz was conducted by Ricardo Nagaoka and Sankar Raman on June 3, 2017. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. In this interview, Muñoz discusses her early life in Oregon. She talks about dealing with racial discrimination, and describes several incidences of racism at her high school. She closes the interview by sharing her thoughts about “The American Dream.”

Dates

  • 2017 June 3

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Biographical note

Cindy Muñoz was born in Georgia around 2002. Her parents were originally from Mexico, and they returned there when Muñoz was 2 years old. Two years later, the family returned to the United States and settled in Oregon. Muñoz attended Forest Grove High School.

Extent

11.8 Megabytes (1 online resource (2 audio files (25 min., 41 sec.))) : MPEG-4

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Oral history interview with Cindy Muñoz conducted by Ricardo Nagaoka and Sankar Raman on June 3, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Muñoz's parents immigrated to the United States from Mexico. She was born in Georgia and grew up in Mexico and Oregon.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of The Immigrant Story, 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-017).

Publication note

An article about Cindy Muñoz, "Brown is Beautiful, but is also Painful" by Angara Srinivas, was based on this interview and published on The Immigrant Story website at https://theimmigrantstory.org/latino/.

Creator

Title
Guide to oral history interview with Cindy Muñoz
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Stroman
Date
2020
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Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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