Mr. Jesse Lopez, 1973

File — Box: 4, item: 108

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Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (Bingham Canyon, Utah, 1924), formal education, West Second South, working on beet farms, working in a theatre in Sacramento, California, enlistment in the Navy, working in the Rio Grande freight house, working for Kennecott, extra police officer for the Bingham Police Department, part time jailer for Salt Lake County, law problems in Bingham, discrimination, other Mexican-American policemen, discussion on word "Chicano" and Chicano Movement. Interviewed by Bernice P. Martinez in West Jordan, Utah. 36 pages.

Dates

1973

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