by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Feb 9, 2020 | La Prensa Texas
By Dr. Ricardo Romo When I returned to Texas in January 1980 after a 13 year hiatus, I found my hometown of San Antonio undergoing monumental political transformations and subtle social and cultural changes. Every town and city in America experienced change over the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Jan 19, 2020 | La Prensa Texas
By Dr. Ricardo Romo Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke before 250,000 demonstrators for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August of 1963, the largest protest event in American history. He awakened the nation to its constitutional obligations of fairness and...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Jan 12, 2020 | La Prensa Texas
By Dr. Ricardo Romo Latinos benefit by engaging in the arts, and not just for the obvious reasons of enjoying beauty and creativity. In many Latino communities we too often celebrate the arts and music largely as spectators in seasonal social activity such as Fiesta,...
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...
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