Oral History Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, March 5, 2003

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Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, businessman and musician, concerning his recollections concerning the development of the Northside (Fort Worth, Texas) Hispanic community, his music career, and the evolution of his family's Mexican foods business.

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[2] 69 p. ; 28 cm.

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Ray, Dulce Ivette & Rodriguez, Charlie March 5, 2003.

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Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, businessman and musician, concerning his recollections concerning the development of the Northside (Fort Worth, Texas) Hispanic community, his music career, and the evolution of his family's Mexican foods business.

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[2] 69 p. ; 28 cm.

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Summary: Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, businessman and musician, concerning his recollections concerning the development of the Northside (Fort Worth, Texas) Hispanic community, his music career, and the evolution of his family's Mexican foods business. Immigration of his parents and grandparents from Mexico, 1919; employment of his father with Swift & Co., Fort Worth; opening of the family grocery store, 1941; economic importance of Swift & Co. and Armour to the Northside; his youth and growing up on the Northside; maintenance of Mexican customs; his family's rapid assimilation, patriotism, and pursuit of the American Dream; founding of the family's tortilla factory, 1965, and creation of Rodriguez Festive Foods, Inc., the Northside's largest employer; evolution and growth of the family business; sale of the business to Harvest States Foods, 2000; his career as a musician; comments about various Hispanic musicians and musical groups; comments about the state of the Hispanic music business; graduation from the University of Texas, Arlington with a degree in music education, 1976; his marriage and family.

Interview conducted in 2003 for the Texas Community History (Tarrant County) Oral History Project.

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Ray, Dulce Ivette & Rodriguez, Charlie. Oral History Interview with Charlie Rodriguez, March 5, 2003, book, March 5, 2003; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944676/: accessed May 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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