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Since its creation in 1999, UT’s Voces Oral History Center’s mission has been to document the history of Latinos in America, and for the first time, it will make its earliest interviews available online.

Texas is home to the leading Latino oral history archive in the U.S. It’s accessible to the world online and physically at a library of the University of Texas at Austin campus. To learn more about the Voces Oral History Center, we’re joined by its founder and director, Dr. Maggie Rivas Rodriguez.

The Voces Oral History Center at the University of Texas at Austin has worked for more than two decades to record the stories of Latino/a.

The Voces Oral History Center at the University of Texas at Austin is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, giving voice to untold Latino stories, from battlefields to civil rights frontlines.

Many believe so much of our future lies in preserving our past. And the past is right at your fingertips if you visit the Voces Oral History Center, located at the University of Texas at Austin's Moody College of Communication.

22-year-old Rudy M. Gonzalez was days from returning home to Harlingen, Texas.

This story first appeared in the Texas Standard. An excerpt can be viewed below. To watch the full story, click here.

Treviño hadn’t considered a career in politics, until a pivotal conversation with his parish priest changed everything

Austin’s first Mexican American City Council member did not initially see himself in a political life – until his parish priest nudged him into “doing more.”

This story first appeared in the Texas Standard. An excerpt can be viewed below. To watch the full story, click here.

Treviño hadn’t considered a career in politics, until a pivotal conversation with his parish priest changed everything

Austin’s first Mexican American City Council member did not initially see himself in a political life – until his parish priest nudged him into “doing more.”

This story first appeared in the Texas Standard . An excerpt can be viewed below. To watch the full story, click here.

This story is part of a Hispanic Heritage Month collaboration with Voces Oral History Center based at UT-Austin’s Moody School of Communication.

This story first appeared in the Texas Standard. An excerpt can be viewed below. To watch the full story, click here.

This story is part of a Hispanic Heritage Month collaboration with Voces Oral History Center based at UT-Austin’s Moody School of Communication.