Jose Garcia oral history transcript

Title

Jose Garcia oral history transcript

Description

A transcript of an oral history of Jose Garcia, founder of the migrant education program in Oregon in the 1960s, on Hispanics in the Hillsboro schools. Mr. Garcia began as a teacher in Texas teaching high school math. He came to Oregon in 1967 and taught at J.W. Poynter Middle School. He later received his M.A. and became Director of Migrant Education. In Oregon 85-90% of migrants were Mexican-American. Garcia recalls his time heading the summer school for migrant children. he also started a program at Eastern Oregon College in the 1970s to educate Hispanic students to become teachers in Oregon; later the program was disbanded, because it could not use federal monies.

Creator

Garcia, Jose

Date

2004

Is Part Of

Century High School Project

Identifier

WCM_OH_56

Rights

In Copyright

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Spatial Coverage

Washington County (Or.)

Hillsboro (Or.)

Subject

Hispanic Americans -- History

Education

Language

English

Extent

1 vol.

Contributor

Loving, Erin

Mithsada, Chris

Type

Text

Source

Washington County Museum