A conference in San Antonio examines the impact of the hearings, and where activists believe the movement for civil rights is headed.
Our Lady Of The Lake University
The 1968 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearings held at San Antonio's Our Lady of the Lake University
From Texas Public Radio:
Hundreds brutally beaten and even murdered by Texas Rangers, and civic rights, such as voting and serving on a jury, denied. These are remnants of an era of segregation and discrimination. While this time in U.S. history is most often associated with the plight of African-Americans, one minority population faced struggles entirely their own. We talk to political activists Richard Avena and Rosie Castro.
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