- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Oscar Barrera oral history interview, 2018-05-12
- Creator:
- Barrera, Oscar
- Contributor to Resource:
- Park, Seam
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2018-05-12
- Subject:
- Immigrant families
Mexican Americans
Immigrant business enterprises
Family-owned business enterprises - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Doraville, 33.89816, -84.28326 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Oscar Barrera was born in Mexico City in 1989 and grew up in the United States. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Georgia Gwinnett College. Barrera, a father of three, works alongside his parents and sisters running a bakery and a restaurant on the Buford Highway.
In this interview, Oscar Barrera details his family history, including his and his parents' immigration to the United States from Mexico. Barrera describes his parents' determination to build a life for their family in the Atlanta area, which eventually led to their opening a family-run bakery and restaurant. He talks about growing up in Chamblee and Brookhaven, Ga., and shares memories of his close-knit family working hard and struggling to succeed. Barrera talks about his memories of spending time with friends and family as a child, and talks about how the Buford Highway has changed since his childhood. He discusses the current status of his family's businesses and describes his hopes for his own children. He ends the interview by showing and describing photographs from his childhood. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/835
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:835/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Barrera, Oscar, interviewed by Seam Park, May 12, 2018, In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 01:28:11
- Original Collection:
- In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1696
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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