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Personal Reflections on the 40th Reunion of La Raza Unida Party

La Raza Unida Party Agenda - El Paso, TX 1972

The 40th Reunion of La Raza Unida Party held at Mexitas Restaurant in Austin, Texas, brought together — possibly for the last time — some of the most notable figures of the Chican@ Civil Rights Movement. Organized by a group of party activists the reunion celebrated the work of activists from the 1960s and 70s, [...]

40 Years Later: La Raza Unida Party Reunites in Austin

La Raza Unida Poster via Peace Press

It has been four decades since La Raza Unida Party changed the way Texas votes. Until 1972, the Mexican American electorate was all but ignored by both major political parties. Even after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 people of Mexican descent — and Latin@s in general — were prohibited from voting through literacy tests [...]