South Colton Oral History Project Collection
Document Type
Video
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Publication Date
8-18-2018
Summary
Tom Rivera interviews Allfred Plazzo, a businessman with an extensive family history in South Colton. He begins with the earliest of his family, the Castorenas and the Colungas, and their connections to many families in South Colton. He also mentions his time living as a youth in San Bernardino. Palazzo goes on to speak about people in his family, such as his uncle Gabe, and their achievements from having jobs in education to being in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Plazzo, while discussing his memories of visiting his close family in Colton, speaks of the struggles of having a mother who tried to make ends meet, the de facto segregation in South Colton, and then his interest in studying history. Often through tears, he also goes further into the struggle of being a student, the support his family and people of South Colton had for each other, and Mexican heritage. Palazzo explains his role in appraising land and businesses and how it also connects to his view of the housing and financial crisis in San Bernardino. Palazzo ends with interview images of his family and one of himself at his graduation.
Recommended Citation
CSUSB, "Allfred Plazzo" (2018). South Colton Oral History Project Collection. 65.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/colton-history/65
