Oral history interview with Richard Santillan ..., 1989

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Label

Oral history interview with Richard Santillan ..., 1989

Statement of responsibility

by Carlos Vásquez

Inclusive dates

1989

Creator

• Santillan, Richard

Contributor

• University of California, Los Angeles, Oral History Program
• Vásquez, Carlos, 1944-
• State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

Interviewee

• Santillan, Richard

Interviewer

• Vásquez, Carlos, 1944-

Subject

• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Brown, Willie L., (Willie Lewis), Jr, 1934-
• Heslop, Alan
• Roybal, Edward Ross, 1916-2005
• Corona, Bert
• Chavez, Cezar, 1927-
• California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
• Brown, Jerry, 1938-
• Raza Unida Party (U.S.)
• Apportionment (Election law) -- California
• Navarro, Armando, 1941-
• Sillas, Herman
• Garcia, Alex P
• oral histories
• Californios for Fair Representation
• Boatwright, Daniel E
• Mexican Americans -- California -- Politics and government
• Huerta, John E
• Alatorre, Richard
• United Mexican American Students (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• Mexican American Political Association (Calif.)
• Dymally, Mervyn M, 1926-2012
• Peace and Freedom Party (U.S.)
• Santillan, Richard

Genre

• oral histories

Language

eng

Summary

Santillán discusses his early life and education in Los Angeles and details his activities and advocacy in various organizations, especially Californios for Fair Representation, and his other reapportionment-related work

Additional physical form

Audiotape recording available.

Biographical or historical data

Richard A. Santillán was born in Los Angeles in 1947. He graduated in 1970 with a B.A. in philosophy and in 1972 with a B.A. in Chicano Studies from California State University, Los Angeles. He received an M.A. from California State University, Northridge in 1975, and a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School in 1978. In 1981, as director of the Chicano Reapportionment Project, Rose Institute of State and Local Government, Claremont, California, he organized a series of conferences which culminated in the creation of Californios for Fair Representation, one of the most well-organized groups addressing reapportionment with respect to the Chicano community in California. Aside from his many years as a college professor, he has been a longtime activist and advocate in the Mexican American community of California, having been a member of the United Mexican American Students (UMAS), the Movimiento Estudiantíl Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), the United Farmworkers movement, and La Raza Unida Party. He has written extensively on reapportionment in the state and how it has affected the Mexican American community.

Cataloging source

CLU

Form designation

oral history transcript

Location of originals duplicates

• 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.