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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Crystal City student walkout, during the winter |
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of 1969-1970, stands as one of the most successful Chicano boycotts |
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in the history of the Southwest; and |
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WHEREAS, Beginning in the spring of 1969, Chicano students at |
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Crystal City High School began to present school authorities and |
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the school board with a series of demands intended to redress a long |
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history of discriminatory practices against Chicano students; on |
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December 9, 1969, after the school board had repeatedly resisted |
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dealing with the majority of the students' grievances, a number of |
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Chicano students at the high school began a well-organized boycott |
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of their classes; led by Severita Lara, Mario Treviņo, and Diana |
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Serna, the boycott grew daily and even spread to the junior high and |
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elementary schools; by the time the schools closed for the |
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Christmas holidays, between one-half and two-thirds of all the |
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students in the city's public schools were boycotting their |
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classes; and |
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WHEREAS, The student walkout in Crystal City served as a |
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galvanizing force in organizing the Chicano residents of that town |
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and the surrounding area; the influence of the boycott became |
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manifest not only in the fairer treatment that Chicano students |
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received in the schools of Crystal City but in the dramatic new |
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political power that Chicano citizens came to exercise in certain |
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communities of South Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Crystal |
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City student walkout and commend all who work to create a more just |
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and inclusive society in the Lone Star State. |
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Alonzo |
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Alvarado |
Gonzales |
Miller of Comal |
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Anchia |
Gonzalez Toureilles |
Miller of Erath |
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Aycock |
Gutierrez |
Morrison |
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Branch |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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Brown of Kaufman |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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Brown of Brazos |
Heflin |
Parker |
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Callegari |
Hilderbran |
Peņa |
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Cohen |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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Coleman |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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Craddick |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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Crownover |
Keffer |
Sheffield |
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Davis of Harris |
King of Parker |
Smith of Tarrant |
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Davis of Dallas |
King of Taylor |
Smith of Harris |
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Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Smithee |
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Driver |
Kleinschmidt |
Solomons |
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Eiland |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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Elkins |
Lucio III |
Turner of Tarrant |
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England |
Madden |
Turner of Harris |
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Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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Farrar |
Marquez |
Villarreal |
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Flores |
Martinez Fischer |
Walle |
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Gallego |
McReynolds |
Zerwas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 312 was adopted by the House on |
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February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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