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Opinion: What a radical Chicano occupation can teach about the power of a church


Opinion: What a radical Chicano occupation can teach about the power of a church
Felipe Hinojosa
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Yolanda Garza Birdwell (far right) and Poncho Ruiz (right), at a press conference to protest eviction of MAYO from Juan Marcos Presbyterian Church, February 26, 1970. Houston Post photographs RGD006N-1970-0928-043, Houston Public Library, HMRC. Via
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Felipe Hinojosa is an associate professor of history at Texas A&M University and the author of the new book,
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On a cold and wet Sunday morning on February 15, 1970, members of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) broke a window at the empty Christ Presbyterian Church (later renamed Juan Marcos Presbyterian Church). The break was just large enough for one of their members to climb in, unlock ....

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