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Description
Key Words: Mexican-Americans, Claremont Schools, Moving to Claremont Esperanza Candelas and her family moved from Mexico to Claremont in 1919. She remembers being segregated from the white children when she went to school in Upland. When she was old enough, she stopped going to school so that she could start working. She remembers living in several houses in Upland and Claremont. She had fond memories of raising her children in El Barrio. She recalls sending her children to school in Claremont. Even though her children were not segregated in the schools in Claremont, they did feel discriminated by the other children because they were Mexican-American.
Type
sound
Format
Master Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
caclah_000016
Language
English
Subject
Schools Local history Mexican Americans--California--Education
Time Period
1919/
Place
Claremont (Calif.)
Provenance
Claremont Heritage California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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