Brown, Not White: School Integration and the Chicano Movement in Houston

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Pairing for whom? Men, women, and youth picketing HISD on behalf of MAEC’s demand for recognition, Friday, August 28, 1970. Courtesy Houston Chronicle, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. MAEC press conference calling for boycott of public schools, Saturday, August 29, 1970. (left to right: Raymond Rodríguez, David Ortiz, Leonel Castillo, Gregory Salazar, Jaime de la Isla, Lucia R. Moreno.) Courtesy Houston Chronicle, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Viva La Raza! A huelga school class, September, 1970. Courtesy Houston Post, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Yolanda Flores teaches a huelga school class at North Side People’s Center, September, 1970. Photograph by Othell O. Owensby. Courtesy Houston Chronicle, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. A huelga school class with several tables of children, September, 1970. Courtesy Houston Post, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. The MAYO 9, September 15, 1970. (left to right: José Francisco Campos, Idelfonso “Poncho” Delgado Ruíz, Hector Almendárez, Carlos Carrizal Calbillo, Santos Hernández, Anthony Merced López, Gregory Salazar, Walter Birdwell, Yolanda Garza Birdwell.) Courtesy Space City News, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. “To hell with H.I.S.D.,” May, 1971. Courtesy Houston Post, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Four speakers addressing the Moody Park rally, Sunday, August 15, 1971. Courtesy Houston Chronicle, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Crowd at Moody Park rally (between 2,000 to 5,000 attended), Sunday, August 15, 1971. Courtesy Papel Chicano, Houston Metropolitan Research Center. ...