Ybarra, Cecilia

This interview is with Cecilia Ybarra. Interview themes include:

  • Growing up in the neighborhood that is currently underneath 22nd and I-10.

  • Childhood in Tucson during World War II and Korea, languages at home and school; food, music.

  • Educational options for women, cost of high school books, parental expectations.

  • Dating, courtship, and marriage in late 1950s.

  • Employment, childcare, cohabiting with parents.

  • Ownership of Randolph Barbershop.

  • Golf and baseball in Tucson, specifically Tucson’s Mexican American community.

  • Differences in childhood experiences between Cecilia and her children: perceptions of safety and drugs.

  • Civil Rights movement in 1960s, memories of Dunbar desegregation.

  • Dancing culture: the El Casino Ballroom and La Jolla nightclub.

  • Urban Renewal in 1960s.

The interview was recorded at the base of Tumamoc Hill in Tucson, Arizona September 27th, 2017.

PeopleAengus AndersonBarrio Santa Rosa, Interstate 10, Childhood, Education, Dating, Marriage, Golf, Baseball, Business, Civil Rights, Dunbar School, Dancing, Nightlife, Urban Renewal