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Interview no. | R-0491 |
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 | 20 May 2011 |
Interviewee | Gough, Wooten. |
Interviewee occupation |
Community organizers Social justice activists |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Eure, Ariel. |
Abstract | Wooten Gough is a community organizer who has recently been working for the Latin American Coalition and leading youth groups in Yadkin County. Gough is the co-founder of Students United for Immigrant Equality at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which he formed after attended trainings and working with the Reform Immigration for America (RIFA) Campaign. Gough withdrew from his second semester at UNC to walk the Trail of DREAMS to Washington D.C. in support of the DREAM Act. He was arrested for participating in a sit-in at the White House in 2010. In this interview, Gough describes the community he grew up in and how the friends he made encouraged his participation in the immigrant rights movement. Gough talks about inequalities his undocumented students faced in the education system and whether or not those employed at the school knew of the students' situation. Wooten also speaks about the DREAM Act and of various laws that affect undocumented students. |
Subject Topical Other |
Activism Citizenship and immigration DREAMers and DACA |
Citation | Interview with Wooten Gough by Ariel Eure, 20 May 2011, R-0491, 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. | R-0491 |