What was the happiest moment in your life, and why? How do you want to be remembered? Tell your story to StoryCorps, the renowned oral history project, which is collecting stories in Tulsa at the Guthrie Green, parked across from the Zarrow building. Interview someone at StoryCorps; get a CD; and send one to the Library of Congress. Learn More about the work and mission of StoryCorps.
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Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez was raised in a small farming community in southern California in the 1950s. As was common practice at that time, teachers at his local elementary school Anglicized the Mexican American students' names. Here, Chunky remembers a new classmate who proved to be the exception to the rule.
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