registration and dramatically increased the number of latino elected officials in this nation. his appeal to the hispanic community was simple, passionate, and direct. su voto es su voz. your vote is your voice. we are going to be talking about the records of the southwest voter registration education project. they are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino voter registration organization in the country. the collection contains the first 20 years of the organization s existence. they are still in existence today. it is a very deep and wide collection if you are interested in learning about voter registration, particularly in minority communities. the organization was started in 1974 by willie velasquez. he is from san antonio. as a very young man, he was heavily involved in the chicano movement. when he was in college, he was one of the founders of the mexican-american youth organization, which was involved in doing voter registration drives at local colleges. also invol
his appeal to the hispanic community was simple, passionate, and direct. su voto es su voz. your vote is your voice. we are going to be talking about the records of the southwest voter registration education project. they are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino voter registration organization in the country. the collection contains the first 20 years of the organization s existence. they are still in existence today. it is a very deep and wide collection if you are interested in learning about voter registration, particularly in minority communities. the organization was started in 1974 by willie velasquez. he is from san antonio. as a very young man, he was heavily involved in the chicano movement. when he was in college, he was one of the founders of the mexican-american youth organization, which was involved in doing voter registration drives at local colleges. also involved in high school walkouts. this was in the late 1960 s, early 1970 s, when, sort of the heigh
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