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Anaheim's Savanna High School celebrates Sal Castro Day every March 27. Sal Castro speaking in 1963 with the principal of Belmont High School in Los Angeles, where he was a teacher: "You know, Mrs. Lord, more than half the kids are Latino, Mexican kids, and we've got no kids in any of the leadership positions or even this program."
Sal Castro, a teacher and key organizer of the walkouts, held the most charges and was held in detention the longest. June 2, 1968: Sal Castro was released on bail, but lost his teaching position at Lincoln High school due to the arrest. 2,000 people protested outside of the police station to demand he get his teaching position back. [17]
Student Paula Crisostomo is tired of being treated unequally. Meeting with student activists, they decide to try to change the way students are treated. Inspired by her Chicano teacher Sal Castro and defying opposition from her father, Paula hands out surveys to students to suggest improvements to the schools. Each East LA high school is ...
Billy Crystal. A cast member for just the 10th (1985-1985) season of SNL, Billy Crystal became a household name for starring in When Harry Met Sally.He also went on to garner six Emmy Awards and a ...
Michael, the upcoming movie about Michael Jackson made in cooperation with his family, is reportedly in need of a major overhaul due to unforeseen legal reasons. According to a Jan. 23 report from ...
The Committee addressed the American war in Afghanistan. The theme of the 2013 NCMC commemoration was "Education for Liberation, Not Assimilation". Along with this theme NCMC commemorated the life of Sal Castro who died earlier that year after his distinguished career in education, most notably supporting the East Los Angeles high school walkouts.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA affirmed on Wednesday a plan it set last year to work with Elon Musk's SpaceX in returning two astronauts from the International Space Station, saying it will do so "as ...
In September 1967, Sal Castro, a Korean War veteran and teacher at Lincoln High School, began meeting with the YCCA at La Piranha Coffee House. [10] YCCA's initial focus was on public school issues impacting for Chicanos, from dated textbook to a lack of Mexican cafeteria options. [10]