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Interview with Corinne Saldana, 2009
No full textSaldana grew up in San Antonio and was the first member of her extended family to earn a college degree. She became a math teacher and taugher for many years at Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio's Northside Independent School District. Saldana served as principal from 2003 until her retirement in 2007. Topics: Growing up in San Antonio, discrimination, education, teaching caree
Interview with Jesus "Chuco" Perales, April 18, 2009
No full textThese oral histories were conducted in the Spring 2009 semester of the Mexican American Culture (BBL 3023) course taught by Dr. Marie Miranda. The course is a survey of Mexican American cultural distinctiveness in the areas of biculturalism, cultural production, and social organization. This offering of the course examined Chicana/o popular culture focusing on rock ‘n’ roll
Issues for October 28, 1955 called: SNAP; Issues for April 14, 1961-August 31, 1962; June 23, 2006 called: SNAP News; Issues for Feb. 6, 2009 have caption title: SNAP News & Church Directory
No full textSNAP News was a weekly publication founded by Eugene Coleman in 1949 to record the achievements of the African-American community in San Antonio. The publication began as a weekly magazine and newspaper that covered local politics, social events, sports, and news. SNAP was dedicated to covering important news about the civil rights movement, police brutality, segregation, and other racially-motivated crimes. The publication also highlighted many sororities and churches each week, with updates on all of the social life that was happening within the community. It was a well-rounded publication that gives an insightful view into life in the 1950s and ‘60s, as well as into the ‘80s and mid-2000s. The SNAP News collection features a large, but incomplete run of one of San Antonio’s longest running weekly newspapers, spanning from 1954-2013."Focus on current events" (varies).
Founder and publisher: Eugene E. Coleman.
Issues for Sept. 23, 1955- include a monthly section called: The Booker T. inquirer.Multiple volumes that include illustrations. 18-58 c
