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The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute opened the doors to its visitors' center on October 14, 2023. Located on the West Side of San Antonio on the corner of Buena Vista Street and Navidad, the center resides inside of a 1930’s craftsman-style bungalow.
Jovita Idar Vivero (September 7, 1885 – June 15, 1946) was an American journalist, teacher, political activist, and civil rights worker who championed the cause of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants.
The Voting Credential (Spanish: Credencial para Votar), also known as Elector Credential (Spanish: Credencial de Elector), INE Card (Spanish: Tarjeta INE; formerly IFE Card, Spanish: Tarjeta IFE), [1] and Mexican Voter ID Card (Spanish: Tarjeta de Identificación de Votación Mexicana), is an official document issued by the National Electoral Institute (INE) that allows Mexican citizens of ...
Mexican American workmen making adobe bricks at the Casa Verdugo, California. In the 1920s, Mexicans met the increasing demand for cheap labor on the West Coast. Mexican refugees continued to migrate to areas outside the Southwest; they were recruited to work in the steel mills of Chicago during a strike in 1919, and again in 1923. [254]
Mexico ranks third among Latin American nations with the most women in the national Cabinet — 44% — and has 10 female governors among its 32 states. ... According to the Mexican Institute for ...
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.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) was organized in 1976 by five Hispanic Congressmen: Herman Badillo (NY), Baltasar Corrada del Río (PR), Kika de la Garza (TX), Henry B. Gonzalez (TX) and Edward Roybal (CA), to serve as a legislative organization through which legislative action, as well as executive and judicial actions, could be monitored to ensure the needs of Hispanics were being met.
The Institute for Mexicans Abroad (Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, IME) is a Mexican government agency that supports Mexican citizens and others of Mexican descent who live and work in other countries. Its primary focus is Mexican immigrants going to the United States. Founded in 2003, IME is run by an council called the CC-IME.