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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Crystal City student walkout, during the winter |
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| 6 | 7 | | of 1969-1970, stands as one of the most successful Chicano boycotts |
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| 7 | 8 | | in the history of the Southwest; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Beginning in the spring of 1969, Chicano students at |
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| 9 | 10 | | Crystal City High School began to present school authorities and |
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| 10 | 11 | | the school board with a series of demands intended to redress a long |
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| 11 | 12 | | history of discriminatory practices against Chicano students; on |
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| 12 | 13 | | December 9, 1969, after the school board had repeatedly resisted |
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| 13 | 14 | | dealing with the majority of the students' grievances, a number of |
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| 14 | 15 | | Chicano students at the high school began a well-organized boycott |
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| 15 | 16 | | of their classes; led by Severita Lara, Mario Trevino, and Diana |
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| 16 | 17 | | Serna, the boycott grew daily and even spread to the junior high and |
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| 17 | 18 | | elementary schools; by the time the schools closed for the |
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| 18 | 19 | | Christmas holidays, between one-half and two-thirds of all the |
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| 19 | 20 | | students in the city's public schools were boycotting their |
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| 20 | 21 | | classes; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, The student walkout in Crystal City served as a |
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| 22 | 23 | | galvanizing force in organizing the Chicano residents of that town |
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| 23 | 24 | | and the surrounding area; the influence of the boycott became |
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| 24 | 25 | | manifest not only in the fairer treatment that Chicano students |
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| 25 | 26 | | received in the schools of Crystal City but in the dramatic new |
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| 26 | 27 | | political power that Chicano citizens came to exercise in certain |
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| 27 | 28 | | communities of South Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 29 | 30 | | Legislature hereby commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 1969 |
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| 30 | 31 | | Crystal City student walkout and commend all who work to create a |
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| 31 | 32 | | more just and inclusive society in the Lone Star State. |
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