Professor, students work on oral history project

I came across an interesting story in The Bakersfield Californian that I would like to share with you. It's about Anthony Nuno, a Cal State Bakersfield professor of Chicano/Hispanic-American literature, who is being honored as "A Local Hero of the Year" by Union Bank of California and KVPT, Valley Public Television.

According to the news article, Nuno's lifelong love of literature, lead to him becoming a college professor who inspired his students to work with him on an oral history project, gathering stories from the elderly in the Hispanic community. Nuño said his students uncovered a wealth of information about Hispanic experiences in Kern County from the 1930s to the 1950s, personal history they wouldn't find in a textbook.

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