The Resource Oral history interview with John E. Huerta ..., by Carlos Vásquez
Oral history interview with John E. Huerta ..., by Carlos Vásquez
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The item Oral history interview with John E. Huerta ..., by Carlos Vásquez represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.
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- Summary
- Huerta discusses his family background and education, employment in Peru, Santa Maria (California), and University of California, Davis; as deputy assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights in the Carter Administration, as executive director of the Southern California office of the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, and as general counsel for Californios for Fair Representation. He comments extensively on reapportionment and Mexican-Americans in the city and county of Los Angeles, and in California for assembly, senate, and the U.S. Congress
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ii, 250 leaves, bound
- Note
- Transcript of a four-and-a-half hour interview completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of Los Angeles and the California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program
- Label
- Oral history interview with John E. Huerta ..., 1990
- Title
- Oral history interview with John E. Huerta ...
- Statement of responsibility
- by Carlos Vásquez
- Inclusive dates
- 1990
- Subject
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- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Brown, Willie L., (Willie Lewis), Jr, 1934-
- Montoya, Joseph B
- Roybal, Edward Ross, 1916-2005
- California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Brown, Jerry, 1938-
- Mexican American agricultural laborers -- California
- Californios for Fair Representation
- California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
- Huerta, John E
- Alatorre, Richard
- Mexican Americans -- California | Los Angeles
- Molina, Gloria
- Apportionment (Election law) -- California | Los Angeles
- Oral histories
- Civil rights -- California
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Huerta discusses his family background and education, employment in Peru, Santa Maria (California), and University of California, Davis; as deputy assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights in the Carter Administration, as executive director of the Southern California office of the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, and as general counsel for Californios for Fair Representation. He comments extensively on reapportionment and Mexican-Americans in the city and county of Los Angeles, and in California for assembly, senate, and the U.S. Congress
- Additional physical form
- Audiotape recording available.
- Biographical or historical data
- John E. Huerta was raised in Los Angeles, California and earned his bachelors degree from California State University, Los Angeles. In 1965, he received a law degree at Boalt Hall. After studying and teaching in Lima, Peru, he joined California Rural Legal Assistance, and from 1973 to 1977 was a member of the law faculty at the University of California, Davis. In 1977, he was appointed deputy assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights in the administration of James E. Carter. From 1980 to 1985, Huerta was the executive director of the Southern California office of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund. At the time of the interview he was a partner in the law firm of Gronemeier, Baker, and Huerta in Pasadena, California.
- Cataloging source
- CLU
- Form designation
- oral history transcript
- Location of originals duplicates
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- The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- California State University, Fullerton. Library. Oral History Program.
- California State University, Sacramento. Library. University Archives.
- Honnold Library for the Associated Colleges, Claremont, Calif.
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
- Label
- Oral history interview with John E. Huerta ..., by Carlos Vásquez
- Note
- Transcript of a four-and-a-half hour interview completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of Los Angeles and the California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program
- Dimensions
- 28 cm.
- Extent
- ii, 250 leaves, bound
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)25956763
- ucoclc25956763
- Terms governing use
- Copyright to all program materials is assigned by the interviewee to both the Secretary of State, California State Archives, and the program's cooperating institutions. Copies of interview transcripts can be procured from the State Archives and cooperating institutions. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.
- Label
- Oral history interview with John E. Huerta ..., by Carlos Vásquez
- Note
- Transcript of a four-and-a-half hour interview completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of Los Angeles and the California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program
- Dimensions
- 28 cm.
- Extent
- ii, 250 leaves, bound
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)25956763
- ucoclc25956763
- Terms governing use
- Copyright to all program materials is assigned by the interviewee to both the Secretary of State, California State Archives, and the program's cooperating institutions. Copies of interview transcripts can be procured from the State Archives and cooperating institutions. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.
Subject
- Alatorre, Richard
- Apportionment (Election law) -- California | Los Angeles
- Brown, Jerry, 1938-
- Brown, Willie L., (Willie Lewis), Jr, 1934-
- California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
- Californios for Fair Representation
- Civil rights -- California
- Huerta, John E
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Mexican American agricultural laborers -- California
- Mexican Americans -- California | Los Angeles
- Molina, Gloria
- Montoya, Joseph B
- Oral histories
- Roybal, Edward Ross, 1916-2005
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