by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Jan 11, 2020 | La Prensa Texas
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 31, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
By Ricardo Romo Cesar Martinez grew up in Laredo, Texas and attended Texas A&M University at Kingsville. While at the Kingsville campus he formed friendships with several Latino artists who like himself, expressed in their paintings and drawings their own South...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 31, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
By Ricardo Romo A story that is not well known is how San Antonio Tech High School was a prime model of racial harmony and ethnic tolerance in the city during the years 1955-1965. In these years many southern cities experienced racial strife associated with the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 22, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
By Ricardo Romo Malaquias Montoya, this week’s cover artist, is one of the most recognized and accomplished Chicano artists of his generation. Montoya served in the U.S.Marines in the mid 1960s and used his G.I. Benefits to enroll at UC Berkeley. Between the years...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Nov 24, 2019 | La Prensa Texas
The first Chicano murals originated in 1965 on the walls of Cesar Chavez’ United Farm Workers [UFW] union headquarters in Delano, California. A decade later, supporters of Chavez’ UFW union marched from the Texas Rio Grande Valley to Austin with stops in San Antonio....
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