Interviewer
Myrna Parra Mantilla
Project
Bracero Oral History
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee
Bárbaro Chacón Delgado was born in San José de Carreras, Chihuahua, México, in 1923; his father was a farmer; in 1946, he became a bracero; he was hired by a food processing company in Michigan; in 1947, he was married during one of his visits to his family in Chihuahua; he went on to work across the United States, however, he worked primarily in beet fields; he eventually became a supervisor in one of those fields; he worked as a bracero for a total of fifteen years.
Summary of Interview
By the time Mr. Chacón became a bracero in 1946, thousands of people from the south of México had arrived in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to begin the hiring process; from Chihuahua, people were sent to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas; the ranchers came to Fort Bliss to take as many braceros as they needed for work; he recalls that as a direct consequence of World War II, people in the United States suffered from food shortages and other such difficulties; he also remembers that although he never personally suffered from racist aggressions or discrimination, groups like the Ku Klux Klan killed many braceros.
Date of Interview
12-22-2003
Length of Interview
65 minutes
Listen to the Interview
Tape Number
No. 964
Transcript Number
No. 964
Length of Transcript
47 pages
Interview Number
No. 964
Terms of Use
Unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Interview with Bárbaro Chacón Delgado by Myrna Parra Mantilla, 2003, "Interview no. 964," Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso.
Comments
Interview in Spanish.