Mexican American Civil Rights

The CIA released 55 documents related to its surveillance on Latino civil rights organizations last month. The FBI has not yet responded.

A who's who of local Mexican American leaders were among those who gathered downtown today to hear about progress on the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute.

Perales was a key figure in the founding of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in 1929.

San Antonio's Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) works to advance forgotten chapters of Mexican American civil rights in Texas and beyond. It will host a free symposium May 17 & 18 at the Central Library downtown.

Nosotrxs Por El Valle, a group of historians and activists from the Rio Grande Valley, have launched a traveling exhibit to share the community's history with residents. Co-founder Juan Carmona and three of the group's members discuss the experience.

Researchers with the Civil Rights in Black and Brown Oral History Program traveled across Texas to gather oral histories of communities of color in civil rights movements. Their stories are complied in the book, "Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas."

The quarter honors the life and contributions of South Texas journalist and activist, Jovita Idár. Idár is one of five women highlighted as part of the 2023 American Women Quarters program.

This year's theme is 'Finding True Life Through Service to Others.' The march kicks off at 10 a.m. at Guadalupe and Brazos streets and ends two miles away at Hemisfair.

Abel Sánchez and Andrés Alegría are co-writers and co-producers of the documentary film, a decade-long project that features musicians and artists to honor the contributions of civil rights icon César Chávez. The film screens at Trinity University in San Antonio on March 21.

Trinity University, IDRA, and Edgewood ISD will host an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this landmark case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court determined that there is no constitutional right to an equal education.