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Interview no. | R-0688 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
Project description | Interviews, 2007-ongoing, focus on issues related to Latin American immigration to North Carolina and the formation of Latino communities. Interviewers are conducted by undergraduate students in courses taught by Hannah Gill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Interviewees include immigrants, United States-born second generations, professionals who work with immigrants, policy-makers, religious leaders, educators, students, and local business owners. |
Date | 9 April 2014 |
Interviewee | Guzmán, Emilio. |
Interviewee occupation | Students |
Interviewee DOB | 1992 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | LeNeave, Kimiko Nicole. |
Abstract | Emilio Guzman, a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, begins by briefly explaining how he ended up there and his areas of academic interest. He describes his family’s transition from Guerrero, Mexico to Winston Salem, North Carolina, as his parents migrated a few years before he and his little sister also moved to the United States. Guzman discusses the importance of keeping his Mexican heritage alive, incorporating this culture into his experience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and beyond. Through campus organizations such as The Carolina Hispanic Association (CHispA) and Qué Rico, the Latin Dance Team, he has befriended other Latino students, who identify with nationalities and ethnicities spanning the Western hemisphere. Guzman reflects that music has been a very large part of keeping him connected to his homeland, or patria, through the lyrics that speak of “real life” and that it is sung in his native language, Spanish. |
Subject Topical Other |
Migratory experience Activism Identity Culture |
Citation | Interview with Emilio Guzman by Kimiko Nicole LeNeave, 09 April 2014, R-0688, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0688_Audio |