Project of the Skyline
College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline
College Library
Student project for LSCI 110 – Digital Oral Research Project,
Skyline
College
An Interview with my Father
Dave Figueroa
“The Roots of my Apple Tree”, by Sara Figueroa
Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an
April 2005 interview by Sara Figueroa with Dave Figueroa who is a Union Business Representative
for
Table of
Contents:
1. An Introduction to Childhood
2. High School Years
7. Concerts
9. Drugs
10. Overcoming Drugs
12. Inner Strength
14. George “Dubya” and the Have
Mores
Segment 1
An
Introduction to Childhood
My father’s basic information,
along with information on his early years; being born in
Segment 2
High School Years
This is a brief description of my
dad’s four years in high school.
right
before he enlisted in the
U.S. Marine Corp
Segment 3
In the Marine
Corps
My father talks
about his experience in the Marine’s. He remembers the time he spent in
Segment 4
Civil Rights,
Race Wars
Here, he talks
about the events leading up to and surrounding the 60’s and 70’s
movement.
“Chato” in his early twenties
Segment 5
Insane Moments
In this segment, my
dad starts to talk about the beginning of his downward spiral.
Segment 6
Through the Union
Doors
After serving his time in the
military, my dad became involved in the union.
Segment 7
Concerts
Here he describes
the wonder of music in the streets of
Segment 8
The Last
of the Four
Here, my dad recalls
Peter Frampton’s concert at Winterland, and the
friends he lost afterwards.
Segment 9
Drugs
This segment seems a little
self-explanatory. It describes my father’s relationship with addiction.
It seemed to take years of “going through it”, but my dad talks
about his repent to recovery.
My dad’s father abandoned the family after my
grandparents’ divorce. But here my dad talks about his current relationship
with his father.
Alcoholics & Narcotics Anonymous (AA/NA) have
been fundamental to my dad’s sobriety. Here, he talks about the impact that
these groups have brought him.
My father is a left-wing union activist. And here he
talks about some of his beliefs.
my dad and Clinton, one of his
favorite politicians
George “Dubya” & the Have Mores
My father discusses his disappointment in the
current leadership of both our country and state.
george “dubya”
bush
the governator
His final comments.
this
is a picture of me and
taken at a time in my life when, as my father
my dad on my 1st x-mas tells
me, I’d never let him put me down
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last revised: 9-26-05
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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