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CLIFF WILKIE | MEMOIR | In a little cafe just the other side of the border
It all happened in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on March 30, 1969. By Cliff Wilkie | The Rag Blog | April 30, 2023 It was just like in the Marty Robbins song, “in a little cafe just the other side of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicano Movement, Chicano Rights, Cliff Wilkie, La Raza Unida, Memoir, Mexican Border, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, University of Texas
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Maria Elena Martinez and Luz Bazan Gutierrez on ‘La Raza Unida’ and Beyond
Maria Elena Martinez, left, and Luz Bazan Gutierrez in studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, July 6, 2012. Photo by Allan Campbell / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio:Maria Elena Martinez and Luz Bazan Gutierrezon the historic legacy of La Raza … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Chicano Activist and Filmmaker Carlos Calbillo
Chicano community activist andfilmmaker Carlos Calbillo on Rag Radio Carlos Calbillo, an award-winning filmmaker and longtime Houston Chicano community activist, was Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, March 30, 2012, on Austin community radio station KOOP 91-7-FM, and streamed … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Calbillo, Chicano Movement, Interview, MAYO, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Tony Platt : My Friend Betita Martinez
Betita Martinez. Photo from SF Gate.‘The heart just insists’:My friend Betita Martinez As the daughter of a dark-skinned immigrant from Mexico City and a blue-eyed North American, she felt racism in the air, ‘but I did not have words for … Continue reading
Carlos Calbillo : On the Passing of Carlos Guerra
“America’s friendliest angry looking retired columnist… and feared by fish.” — Carlos Guerra, on Twitter.Columnist and Sixties Chicanoactivist Carlos Guerra dies See “Memories from ‘the day’: On the passing of Carlos Guerra,” by Carlos Calbillo / The Rag Blog, Below. … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Calbillo, Carlos Guerra, Chicano Movement, Journalists, La Raza Unida, MAYO, Mexican-Americans, Sixties, Social Activism, Texas, Thorne Dreyer
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