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The Mexican American Youth Organization (acronym MAYO, also described as the Mexican Youth Organization [1]) is a civil rights organization formed in 1967 in San Antonio, Texas, USA to fight for Mexican-American rights.
1967: The Mexican American Youth Organization was founded in San Antonio, Texas, and was the major political organization of Mexican-American youth for over a decade. The organization was founded by José Ángel Gutiérrez and four other young chicanos who were all known as "Los Cincos". [14]
José Angel Gutiérrez, is an attorney and professor at the University of Texas at Arlington in the United States.He was a founding member of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) in San Antonio in 1967, and a founding member and past president of the Raza Unida Party, a Mexican-American third party movement that supported candidates for elective office in Texas, California, and other ...
Members of the Mexican American Youth Association take a photo by the new mural at the Boys and Girls Club by El Paso artist Jesus 'Cimi' Alvaradoon on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
Velasquez was born to William and María Luisa (née Cardenas) Velásquez, who were Mexican Americans. His father was stationed in Florida during World War II where he worked as a union organizer. He attended St. Mary's University where in 1967, he helped form the Mexican American Youth Organization and later
Los Cinco is also the name of the founders of the Mexican American Youth Organization. Los Cinco (in English: "The Five") is an unofficial collective of Latin American composers living and working in Los Angeles.
The most widely known and accepted story is that the La Raza Unida Party was established on January 17, 1970, at a meeting of some 300 Mexican-Americans in Crystal City, Texas by José Ángel Gutiérrez and Mario Compean, who had also helped in the foundation of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) in 1967.
During segregation, Mexican American youth complained about not being allowed to swim at the Palm Park pool. Eventually, it became one of the few pools Mexican Americans were allowed to swim in.