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  H.R. No. 312
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Crystal City student walkout, during the winter
  of 1969-1970, stands as one of the most successful Chicano boycotts
  in the history of the Southwest; and
         WHEREAS, Beginning in the spring of 1969, Chicano students at
  Crystal City High School began to present school authorities and
  the school board with a series of demands intended to redress a long
  history of discriminatory practices against Chicano students; on
  December 9, 1969, after the school board had repeatedly resisted
  dealing with the majority of the students' grievances, a number of
  Chicano students at the high school began a well-organized boycott
  of their classes; led by Severita Lara, Mario Treviņo, and Diana
  Serna, the boycott grew daily and even spread to the junior high and
  elementary schools; by the time the schools closed for the
  Christmas holidays, between one-half and two-thirds of all the
  students in the city's public schools were boycotting their
  classes; and
         WHEREAS, The student walkout in Crystal City served as a
  galvanizing force in organizing the Chicano residents of that town
  and the surrounding area; the influence of the boycott became
  manifest not only in the fairer treatment that Chicano students
  received in the schools of Crystal City but in the dramatic new
  political power that Chicano citizens came to exercise in certain
  communities of South Texas; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Crystal
  City student walkout and commend all who work to create a more just
  and inclusive society in the Lone Star State.
 
  Alonzo
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peņa
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 312 was adopted by the House on
  February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House