This week marked the anniversary of US independence, which is also a day of celebration of civil liberties. On the program Línea Abierta, veteran civil rights leader Richard Avena shares his memories of a historic hearing by the US Commission on Civil Rights in San Antonio. The hearing, in late 1968, was the first effort by a federal agency to address issues of discrimination in education, employment, housing, and voting affecting Mexican-Americans in the Southwest and the United States broadly. Avena, an organizer of the landmark public hearing, spoke with Samuel Orozco about past and present challenges in Latino civil rights. Avena served as the Southwest regional director for the US Commission on Civil Rights.
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