At the time of the interview, Mr. Rodriquez was Executive Educational Coordinator of Community Relations with the Midwest Center of Equal Education Opportunity with the University of Missouri. He was born on May 6, 1941, in Dodge City, Kansas. In the interview he discusses his early life, the importance of education, discrimination, religion, the 1951 flood, job opportunities in Kansas and later, etc. Number 48 on MP3 disc.
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