Bill Text: TX HR53 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Commemorating the 1969 Crystal City student walkout in 2013, the 44th anniversary of the event.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-02-20 - Reported enrolled [HR53 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HR53-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.R. No. 53
 
 
 
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 Trevino, 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 83rd Texas
  Legislature hereby commemorate the 44th anniversary of the 1969
  Crystal City student walkout and commend all who work to create a
  more just and inclusive society in the Lone Star State.
 
  Alonzo
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 53 was adopted by the House on
  February 18, 2013, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
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