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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic and Latin-American civil rights organization in the United States. [2] It was established on February 17, 1929, in Corpus Christi, Texas, largely by Hispanics returning from World War I who sought to end ethnic discrimination against Latinos in the United States.
Alonso S. Perales (October 17, 1898 – May 9, 1960) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and civil rights activist based in Texas. He was a founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and served as the second president, helping write its constitution.
1929: On February 17 the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was founded by Mexican American men in Corpus Christi, Texas. LULAC is the largest and longest-lasting Latino civil rights group in the country.
LULAC was founded in 1929 in Texas by Mexican Americans in Texas, many of them middle- and upper-class citizens and veterans of World War I. The group has challenged discrimination, inequity in ...
LULAC, the oldest Latino civil rights organization, has broken with its past practice of not endorsing political candidates and are endorsing the Harris-Walz Democratic presidential ticket.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the country’s oldest Hispanic civil rights organization, is struggling to serve its constituents amid an ongoing power struggle in its ...
Founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC is the nation's oldest Hispanic organization. [3] According to its website as of October 2020, LULAC has "approximately 132,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico," which it claims also makes it the nation's largest Hispanic organization. [4]
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) had been formed in the city seven years previously by Hispanic veterans to defend the rights of Hispanic-American citizens. García opened a private medical practice with his brother José Antonio; they treated all patients regardless of their ability to pay.