@RussContreras @LULAC @JoaquinCastrotx My Father, Mother, & Family Relatives had to do this! Thanks for the Remembrance. [Late, I know ;) ]
At time of 1963 #MarchOnWashington Mexican Americans in Texas still had to pay 'poll tax' to vote #MOW50 @lulacpic.twitter.com/MYbYRPQEB2
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@johncastellanos never too late to remember!
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@RussContreras@JoaquinCastrotx@LULAC Never forget. It's important for our generation of Mexican Americans to reflect on this and VOTE!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@RussContreras@AztecMuse@LULAC I have some of my grandfather and great uncle's poll tax receipts. -
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@ClarissaLValdez:@RussContreras@AztecMuse@LULAC I have some of my grandfather and great uncle's poll tax receipts.” Time to collect.
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@RussContreras@thegarance@LULAC And (in 1963) women still couldn't serve on juries in Mississippi and Alabama ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@RussContreras@alexheard@LULAC Many may misunderstand "Mexican Americans" reference, as if they were any less US than other Texans.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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