Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI)

Expanding the story of civil rights in the U.S.
MACRI is a national organization dedicated to collecting and sharing Mexican American civil rights history.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

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Join us TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 11th, for a special Veterans’ Day virtual MACRI Talk about Company E, 141st Infantry, the only all Mexican American army unit in WWII, featuring author Dave Gutierrez.

RSVP and learn more at: https://t.co/0NUO6Eo3mA

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On #Fronteras:
TPR intern Ivanna Bass Caldera visited the @SomosMACRI Visitor Center to see their traveling exhibit on a key school desegregation case. Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD extended Brown v. Board protections to Mexican American students.
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[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

One week away! Join us next Tuesday, November 11th, for a special Veterans’ Day virtual MACRI Talk about Company E, 141st Infantry, the only all Mexican American army unit in WWII, featuring author Dave Gutierrez.

RSVP and learn more at: https://t.co/0NUO6Eo3mA

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Born #OTD in 1933, Sal Castro was a Lincoln High School teacher who inspired students to stage the 1968 East L.A. walkouts. The students demanded bilingual education and increased support for Mexican American students seeking a college education.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Happy birthday to Nina Otero-Warren! Born #OTD in 1882, Otero-Warren was a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools. She emphasized using the Spanish language in the suffrage fight to reach Hispanic women.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Born #OTD in 1900, Manuel C. "M.C." Gonzales was a civil rights trailblazer & lawyer who helped found La Liga Protectora Mexicana in 1917, Asociación Jurídica Mexicana in 1921, & the Sons of Texas in 1922. He served as the third president of the LULAC in 1931.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Join us on Tuesday, November 11th, for a special Veterans’ Day virtual MACRI Talk about Company E, 141st Infantry, the only all Mexican American army unit in WWII, featuring author Dave Gutierrez.

RSVP and learn more at: https://t.co/0NUO6Eo3mA

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Born #OTD in 1905, Raoul Cortez was a pioneer of Spanish language media, founding the first full-time Spanish language radio and TV stations in the US. A consummate advocate for Mexican Americans, he was active in LULAC, serving as national president in 1948-1949.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Born #OTD in 1899, Alonso S. Perales was one of the most prominent US civil rights leaders of the twentieth century. He was a civil rights lawyer, diplomat, and public intellectual who was a principal founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Born #OTD in 1930, Dr. José Angel Cárdenas was an education reformer who was the first Mexican American superintendent in Bexar County and, in 1973, founded the Intercultural Development Research Association to increase educational opportunities for all students.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Join us on Tuesday, November 11th, for a special Veterans’ Day virtual MACRI Talk about Company E, 141st Infantry, the only all Mexican American army unit in WWII, featuring author Dave Gutierrez.

RSVP and learn more at: https://t.co/0NUO6Eo3mA

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Born #OTD in 1920, Felix Benjamin Treviño was a San Antonio civic leader, business owner, & City Council member. He taught citizenship and English classes to Mexican immigrants and was known for improving the West Side while serving on the council.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

#OTD in 1921, Orden Hijos de America, the first statewide Mexican American civil rights organization in Texas, was founded in San Antonio. In 1929, they merged with others to form LULAC, the oldest continuously operating Mexican American civil rights organization in the U.S.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Born #OTD in 1917, Carlos Cadena was a civil rights advocate, lawyer, scholar, & judge who argued the landmark case Hernandez v. Texas before the Supreme Court in 1954. The Court voted unanimously to end the exclusion of people from jury duty based on their national origin.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Join us on Tuesday, November 11th, for a special Veterans’ Day virtual MACRI Talk about Company E, 141st Infantry, the only all Mexican American army unit in WWII, featuring author Dave Gutierrez.

RSVP and learn more at: https://t.co/0NUO6Eo3mA

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Join us TODAY, Thursday, October 2 at 6 PM CT for a virtual MACRI Talk on the history of punk rock in El Paso since the 1970s with Dr. Tara López, author of Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso.

To RSVP and learn more visit: https://t.co/ixkSL9MZkB

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Join us Thursday for a conversation with Dr. Tara Lopez on the roots and influence of punk rock in El Paso - Chuco Punk!

🗓️ Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕕 6 PM CT

🎙️ Livestreaming MACRI's Facebook at https://t.co/FAzINVk0T9 and YouTube at https://t.co/D8WMCaE0dW.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

#OTD in 1962, the first convention of the National Farm Workers Association, led by César Chavez, was held in Fresno, Calif. In 1966, the group became the United Farm Workers of America when it merged with the Filipino Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee.

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

Join us TODAY for a conversation about the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Voting Rights Act.

🗓️ Monday, September 29, 2025
⏰ Noon - 1:30 PM
📍 Mengler Conference Room, University Center, St. Mary's University, 1 Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78228
🍇 Light refreshments

[Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) @SomosMACRI]

We were thrilled to have members of the Cisneros family attend Saturday's opening of Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD: The Long Fight to End School Desegregation!

Tour the exhibit now thru Wednesday, November 26, 2025

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