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Collection
Latinx Civil Rights
Contributor
Jeffers, Ashton (Interviewer & Transcribed by); José Juáez, Roberto (Interviewee)
Publication Date
2022
Description
The interview begins with a brief description of the focus of the session. Dr. Juárez discusses how he became involved in voting rights advocacy and how his family experiences led him to this path. He also explains how he continued centering civil rights expansion throughout law school and his legal career.
Biography
Dr. José Roberto “Beto” Juárez Jr. is the current Dean and a Professor of Law at Nova Southeastern University in Florida. A native to Texas, Dr. Juárez has experience as a civil rights lawyer with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), focusing on family, housing, and poverty law in his practice. He currently specializes in employment discrimination, legal history, racial and religious discrimination and the law, and language rights.
Interview Index
Recording 1:
03:00 Dr. Juarez’s interest in Latinx voting rights
09:23 Dr. Juarez’s experience in law school
12:50 Experiences at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
20:45 Discussion on voter restrictions and voter IDs
25:51 The relationship between law and history
Recording 2:
0:00 On the Mexican American vote and other minority voters
Keywords
Civil rights, family, history, law, voter IDs, voter registration, voting
Size or Duration
13 pages; Recording 1: 31 minutes, 7 seconds; Recording 2: 4 minutes, 45 seconds
Format
Docx; MP3
Disciplines
Chicana/o Studies | Latina/o Studies | Oral History | Public History
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Jeffers, Ashton, "Roberto José Juáez" (2022). Latinx Civil Rights. 13.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/mascroh/13
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