{"id":595,"date":"2025-11-07T19:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:09:55","slug":"oral-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/oral-history\/","title":{"rendered":"On view at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--video-with-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--video-with-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n\n      <div class=\"video-container\">\n              <div class=\"image-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/Train-image-from-La-Plaza-video-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/Train-image-from-La-Plaza-video-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/Train-image-from-La-Plaza-video-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/Train-image-from-La-Plaza-video-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Train from \"All Americans Should Know This.\"\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JH_9NbqnUcY\" data-lity aria-label=\"Play video in lightbox\" class=\"play-video\">\n              <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 75 75\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 75 75\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                <rect fill=\"#FFCC00\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"\/>\n                <polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"44.4,37.5 34.2,43.9 34.2,31.1 \"\/>\n              <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3>Voces Vivas: Emilia Casta\u00f1eda, \u201cAll Americans Should Know This\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>In the video above from the permanent exhibition, <em>LA Starts Here!<\/em> at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Emilia Casta\u00f1eda describes her experience in the early 1930&#8217;s when more than a million people of Mexican descent were unconstitutionally deported by federal, state, and local governments. 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