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Juan Chacon oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00161

Abstract

Oral history interview with Juan Chacon conducted by Claytee White on August 28, 2012 for the African Americans in Las Vegas Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Chacon discusses his upbringing, early life in Mexico and the United States, his education, segregation, anti-communism, becoming a U. S. citizen, his military career, and his work in Las Vegas, Nevada since retirement.

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Lupe Nunez and Saul Arebas at a Mexican Independence Day celebration at Lion's Park: photographic print

Date

1983 to 1986

Description

In every Chicano barrio throughout the Southwest, a subculture exists among some Hispanic adolescents and young adults which includes a unique way of speaking, dressing and acting. A fierce loyalty to the neighborhood and the people one grows up with develops during this period as well. Hispanic youth who live in a particular barrio (neighborhood) call each other "Homeboy," Saul Arebas, a local "homeboy" and his lady friends, Lupe Nunez, both pictures of "Urban Chicano Cool" are shown here at the Mexican Independence Day celebration at Lion's Park.

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