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Interview no. | R-0691 |
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 | 15 April 2014 |
Interviewee | Landry, Robert. |
Interviewee occupation |
Educators Administrators Social justice activists |
Interviewee DOB | 1953 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Arriaga, Felicia. |
Abstract | Dr. Robert Landry describes migrating to North Carolina from San Juan, Puerto Rico at the age of 12. He highlights the issues he faced coming to an area with a predominantly black and white population. As a native Spanish-speaker, he describes his struggles learning English in middle and high school. Dr. Landry describes his movement through the education system in North Carolina, teaching Spanish at Appalachian State University, then teaching high school, and on to becoming the first Latino superintendent. He describes the political issues and the school environments he had to navigate. He then goes on to describe his role as a student-advocate where he currently is focusing on in-state tuition for undocumented students. |
Subject Topical Other |
Education Higher education Activism |
Citation | Interview with Robert Landry by Felicia Arriaga, 15 April 2014, R-0691, 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. | R0691_Audio |