Colorado Matters sat down with retired professor Ramon Del Castillo to gain more insight into the question and the role Latinos have played - and continue to play - in social justice movements.
If you are a native San Antonian and a conservative, then you probably know about Rosie Castro a civil rights social justice activist and the former director of Raza Unida in Bexar County. She is the mother of the infamous radical twin brothers, Juaquin and Julian Castro. Juaquin is the U.S. Congressman from District 20 and Julian is the former Mayor of San Antonio. Under his
David Lozano is the director of Crystal City's 1969 play, a true story of the walkout in 1969 to protest the unequal treatment of Chicano students in schools.
"Crystal City 1969" is about small-town Texas teenagers who were discouraged from attending college or even speaking Spanish. So they walked out of their high school and into history.
Born from the Chicano movement of the 1960s, La Raza Unida helped coalesce Texas Latino power and briefly formed the state’s third political party. Although the organization is long gone, its imprint on the state is unmistakable.