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New Militancy Grows Among Mexican Americans
The Southwest seeds a rising civil rights movement among 4.5 million Americans with Spanish surnames. Activists from El Paso to East Los Angeles seek bilingual education, better schooling, and higher education access to end perceived discrimination in classrooms and jobs.
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San Antonio
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Texas
Angela Castrejon
el Paso
Southwest
Los Angeles
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
California
Imperial Valley
U.S
Plymouth Rock
Ralph Yarborough
El-Paso