Ybor City Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Rodriguez Miguel L.
Publication Date
3-29-2010
Date
2007-10-24
Abstract
Oral history interview with Sandra Rodriguez, a native of Tampa, Florida. Rodriguez was born in 1943 and grew up in North Tampa, in what was then a predominantly white community of Florida Crackers (white people of non-Hispanic ancestry). In 1959, at the age of fifteen, she married Luciano Rodriguez, a Spanish/Cuban American. They had to elope in Georgia because her parents were opposed to the interracial marriage. Rodriguez did not find the transition to a Hispanic family difficult, though not speaking Spanish sometimes made her feel isolated. She never experienced any problems because she was married to a Hispanic man, and several of their friends and family members were also in interethnic relationships. Her husband, Luciano Rodriguez, was also interviewed for the Ybor City Oral History Project.
Keywords
Interethnic marriage--Florida--Tampa, Hispanic Americans--Florida--Tampa, Hispanic American families--Florida--Tampa, Ethnic Relations--Tampa, (Fla.)--20th century
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
oral histories, online audio
Format
audio
Identifier
Y10-00093
Recommended Citation
University of South Florida Libraries--Florida Studies Center and Rodriguez, Sandra, "Sandra Rodriguez oral history interview" (2010). Ybor City Oral History Project. 21.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ybor_ohp/21
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