- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Interview of
- Escalante, Alicia, American, born 1933
- Interviewed by
- Navies, Kelly Elaine, American
- Recorded by
- Hutcherson, Trudy, American
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- National Welfare Rights Organization, American, 1966 - 1975
- Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
- Gonzales, Corky, American, 1928 - 2005
- Escuela Tlatelolco, American, 1971 - 2017
- Brown Berets, American, founded 1966
- Hawthorne School, American, 1956 - 1982
- Date
- August 6, 2019
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:52:15
- 17.4 GB
- Description
- An oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.12.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews.
- In this interview, Alicia Lara, a Chicana activist from East Los Angeles, discusses her early life; her activist work fighting for welfare rights, women’s rights, and economic justice; and her participation in the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968.
- Lara begins the interview by discussing her upbringing and family life in El Paso, Texas. She describes how her father was abusive and recalls how her mother fled to Los Angeles to live with her sister. She also recounts how she ran away to join her mother when she was a child. Lara then talks about her early years in East Los Angeles before turning to a discussion of how she became involved in welfare rights organizing.
- Lara discusses her participation in the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968 and talks about her experience staying at the Hawthorne School in Washington, DC. She then speaks about her continued activism after the Campaign and talks about her work with Corky Gonzalez in Denver. In conclusion, Lara reflects on the current political climate and the Trump administration, and she shares some advice for younger generations of activists.
- Place collected
- Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
- East Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Poor People’s Campaign Oral Histories
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Feminism
- Humanitarianism
- Justice
- Labor
- Politics
- Poverty
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.78.12.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




