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Grant helps Coachella Valley area nonprofit expand its cultural diversity
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOffering children a protective, comfortable and safe environment for learning is key at Escuela De...
Opinion: More Texans should learn how the Raza Unida Party shaped state politics
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI recently traveled to Corpus Christi to pay my respects to the departed Ramiro “Ramsey” Muñiz, who was a friend and fellow foot soldier in the Raza Unida Party, a short-lived but profoundly ...
South Texas Latino activist Ramsey Muniz dies at 79
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's Note: This story has been updated to include information from Muniz's daughter, Delinda Muniz Fehringer. Ramiro “Ramsey” Muniz, a Corpus Christi native and activist known as the first ...
Civil rights activist Ramsey Muniz leaves behind complicated legacy
Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 9—HARLINGEN — During his historic campaign stumps across Texas, Mexican-Americans' first state gubernatorial candidate stirred students like Rogelio Nunez to keep pushing for the growing ...
Ernesto Palomino, ‘godfather of Chicano Art,’ muralist, musician, activist, dies at 89
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoErnesto Palomino, who grew up in southwest Fresno and became a nationally recognized artist,...
The staying power of Joe Kapp's 'The Toughest Chicano' Sports Illustrated cover
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoQuarterback Joe Kapp, shown yelling from the sidelines during a 1970 game, was featured on a vintage...
'People followed him': Ramsey Muniz embodied spirit of Miller’s 1960 football state champs
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCharismatic, handsome and razor sharp, Ramsey Muniz seemed destined for big things when he ran for Texas governor twice in the first half of the 1970s. Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Muniz ...
Julián Castro honors Willie Velasquez's 'transformative' activism in Texas Monthly tribute
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoI've been reading Texas Monthly — not always religiously — since February 1973. How could I not? The...
Texas A&M University-Kingsville creates space for Mexican American history
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new Mexican American Studies Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville aims to showcase the...
New Mexico survivors organize toward the first statewide memorial for COVID in the U.S.
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story was first published by Source New Mexico. The last meeting of the Ojo Caliente area...
