Oral history interview with Antonia Hernández : 1999
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- Name
- Hernández, Antonia (Interviewee)
- Zane, Sharon (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Antonia Hernández : 1999
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Antonia Hernández : oral history, 1999
- Abstract
- Childhood: born in rural community, Mexico, moved to East Los Angeles 1956, women role models in family, mother's progressive views; education: public school in Mexico and US, UCLA 1966, involvement in activism, UCLA Graduate School of Education, UCLA Law School 1974; motivation for helping Hispanic community: importance of law as a tool for social change, involvement in civil rights movement, expe riences as Hispanic woman; opinions about women's movement; career: work as clerk for Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF), Legal Services Program in East L.A. 1974-1977, head of Legal Services Office; Federal Judiciary Committee Staff Council 1978: initial reluctance to join, move to Washington D.C., new experience in political environment, work for Ted Kennedy campaign; work for MALDEF 1981: history of MALDEF, Voting Rights Act of 1982, immigration issues; move back to L.A.; president of MALDEF 1985-: difficulties encountered, creating strategies for MALDEF, funding sources; Carnegie Corporation funding: working with Carnegie staff, importance of Carnegie funding, gaining inside knowledge of funding organizations; opinions about private philanthropy and organizational funding.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Subjects
- Women lawyers; Civil rights lawyers; Hispanic American lawyers; Legal assistance to Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans--Civil rights; Hernández, Antonia; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 59 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- President, Legal Defense Fund
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.
- Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit.
- Interviewed by Sharon Zane on November 17, 1999.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 7585486
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-hh2f-g789
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.