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...member of the UFW, he defied antiriot acts, led boycotts and organized marches. He also antagonized Mexican-American politicians. "At that time," he says, "the UFW was considered unpopular with the Anglos." The problem was that because the non-Anglos were politically inactive, there was no pressure to pay attention to their cause. The solution was La Raza...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Some Interesting Fellows | 10/7/1981 | See Source »

...Raza was, at its inception in 1968, a Mexican-American third party, formed "as a reaction to the Democratic party practice of herding Mexicans to the polls for nothing in return." When Velasquez chaired its first convention, "it was an authentic, real people's movement...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Some Interesting Fellows | 10/7/1981 | See Source »

...success, as far as Velasquez was concerned, did the party in. It became unresponsive, radical, and too ambitious--"These guys thought they would have someone running for president"--and he left it soon after for another vehicle of Mexican-American political organization, the Voter Registration Board...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Some Interesting Fellows | 10/7/1981 | See Source »

...Voter Registration Board, Velasquez boasts proudly of his group's first successful battle. As he flips through piles of documents, he rattles off some other accomplishments: Since 1977, the organization has filed 50 gerrymandering suits and has yet to lose one; between 1976 and 1979, the number of elected Mexican-American officials in Texas increased more than one-fourth; during the same period, voter registration jumped...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Some Interesting Fellows | 10/7/1981 | See Source »

Velasquez' goal now is not numbers but results. California and Texas, both with substantial Mexican-American populations, control a substantial portion of the electoral votes for the presidency. Mexican-Americans in those states, Velasquez posits, have the potential to swing "the votes necessary to become president...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Some Interesting Fellows | 10/7/1981 | See Source »

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