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...Class 1 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 Native American M 1 1 4 1 3 2 F 0 1 1 0 2 4 T 1 2 5 1 5 6 9 Pct. of Class 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Spanish-Speaking [Mexican-American and Puerto Rican] M 17 28 32 28 27 26 - F 3 9 8 10 6 18 - T 20 37 40 38 33 44 45 Pct. of Class 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 Asian American M - F - T 71 Pct. of Class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MINORITY ADMISSIONS AT HARVARD | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

Delegates at the Lehman Hall meeting suggested the Black Student Association, La Raza, a Mexican-American group, the Radcliffe Union of Students, La Organizacion, a group of Puerto Rican students and others as organization, that the committee might invite...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: Convention Will Invite Minorities | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

Finally, as the INS would not need to hunt down illegal immigrants in the country, INS officials would no longer have to insult all Mexican-American citizens by requesting that they prove their citizenship because of the color of their skin...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Invisible Borders, Visible Problems | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

Life in Crystal City has not been severely disrupted. The mostly Mexican-American population continues to work in the fields and the cannery; no businesses have shut down. Many people are taking cold showers or heating water in pans. They are cooking with firewood and butane and on hot plates, though some complain that tortillas do not taste as good cooked on electric skillets as they do on iron ones heated by gas. Civic organizations are sponoring free cookouts for people who cannot fend for themselves. But when cold weather arrives, Crystal City will be in more serious trouble, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: When the Gas Stops | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

...customers 34? per 1,000 cu. ft. The town fathers contended that they had no choice, since more than 67% of the residents are below the poverty level. But the decision was also in keeping with the town's combative political reputation. The birthplace of the militant Mexican-American La Raza Unida (the United Race) Party, Crystal City has stressed racial solidarity at the expense of economic growth. As taxes soared, businesses have fled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: When the Gas Stops | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

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