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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic and Latin-American civil rights organization in the United States. [2] It was established on February 17, 1929, in Corpus Christi, Texas, largely by Hispanics returning from World War I who sought to end ethnic discrimination against Latinos in the United States.
The OSA received a state charter on January 4, 1922; in 1925 it opened the OSA headquarters in downtown San Antonio. By 1923 the original San Antonio chapter had around 250 members, including Manuel C. Gonzales. By 1928 the Corpus Christi Chapter had around 175 members who included Louis Wilmot, Bernardo F. Garza, and Andrés de Luna. [1]
1929: On February 17 the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was founded by Mexican American men in Corpus Christi, Texas. LULAC is the largest and longest-lasting Latino civil rights group in the country.
LULAC has 535 councils and 140,000 members, 86% of whom are registered voters, LULAC said. The organization has not previously done national get out the vote work.
LULAC was founded in 1929 in Texas by Mexican Americans in Texas, many of them middle- and upper-class citizens and veterans of World War I. The group has challenged discrimination, inequity in ...
Lidia Martinez, an 87-year-old retired teacher, said she opened her door at 6 a.m. to find nine officers seeking info on her voter registration work.
Alonso S. Perales (October 17, 1898 – May 9, 1960) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and civil rights activist based in Texas. He was a founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and served as the second president, helping write its constitution.
On Monday morning, LULAC leaders, state legislators, activists of other Latino groups and supporters and some of the people whose homes were raided protested outside the San Antonio office of ...