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MALDEF was founded in San Antonio in 1968 under the direction of Jack Greenberg. With the help of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), MALDEF got a $2.2 million grant from the Ford Foundation. [3]
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.
On Monday morning, LULAC leaders, state legislators, activists of other Latino groups and supporters and some of the people whose homes were raided protested outside the San Antonio office of ...
Roman Peña, center, at a news conference held by LULAC officials to respond to allegations by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on Aug. 26 in San Antonio.
On Wednesday, MALDEF sued Noble Credit Union on behalf of a 28-year-old DACA recipient from California who was denied a car loan based on the credit union's "limited and arbitrary immigration ...
William C. Velasquez Jr., Founder and President from 1974-1984, Andrew Hernandez President from 1984-1994, Antonio Gonzalez, President 1994-2018, Legal Director Rolando l. Rios, Lydia Camarillo Current President
The LULAC addressed the needs of Mexican American middle-class men who wanted to combat racism, which stood in the way of community empowerment. [6] The LULAC was the first organization of Mexican-Descent to emphasize U.S. citizenship. The LULAC emerged within the historical context of South Texas between 1920 and 1930.
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