OAKLAND, Calif.-The talk over Mexican food in the Fruitvale barrio here is pessimistic, almost wistful for the turbulent ’60s. Tony Valladolid, a young lawyer at Centro Legal de La Raza is reminiscing about those days: “The San Diego State administration building had burned down and
The Colorado Migrant Council reports that thousands of migrant farm workers earned so little last year that they were unable to return home after the harvest. Yet, the Colorado State Employment Service, which says that all migrants have returned home, will send recruiters in February
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Morale is low in the barrios of this city after a euphoric four years of great successes. On March 4, a $98 million capital improvements bond issue which had been turned into a test of strength between the largely inner city
One day this past fall in Brighton, Colo., Police Officer Rudy Vialpando went to investigate a complaint that a resident was burning trash in violation of city ordinances. The officer, according to his sergeant, told the offender, an Anglo, that he would have to give
The hispanic people in the United States have made tremendous advances in recent years. The gains are perhaps more of spirit than of substance, for indeed there is yet a long way to travel as a people. But there are many successes walking around today
