Protest for civil and human rights 1972
On the “Views” page of the San Antonio Express a few weeks ago was an extraordinary and less than honest article about misnamed Texans. In an article by Robert Seltzer, called "Forgotten no more,” lavish efforts were made to make some of the most racist “Tejanos” into contributors of the Texas cause. I guess they…
The recent Occupy Wall Street Movement has reached the San Antonio area and beyond as tens of millions of people have demonstrated against the greed of millionaires that have push our country into an abyss. The Occupy Wall Street movement has challenged the Tea Party as a bunch of fake politicians that are being bankrolled…
In a book called “They Called Them Greasers,” by Dr. Arnoldo De Leon with the subtitle, “Anglo Attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821-1900,” a well documented work tells the story of how Mexicans and African Americans were treated in San Antonio and other Texas cities. It also tells the terrible history of the Texas Rangers…
The Eastside of San Antonio has historically been an African American community. It has been this way in modern times as the result of the migration of ex-slaves moving on to land set-aside for a Baptist Settlement in the Victoria Commons area. The Baptist Settlement was destroyed by the housing authority, which built a white…