Category: History
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The Maestas Case (1912-1914)
By Joaquin Salinas In 1914, four decades before Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and approximately three decades before Mendez v. Westminster School District of Orange County, a court ruling in the town of Alamosa, Colorado favored a lawsuit filed by Francisco Maestas and other Hispano families against the superintendent of Alamosa School District,…
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¡VIVA LOS SEIS DE BOULDER!
NEVA ROMERO Neva’s family roots are in Southern Colorado’s Valle de San Luis where her ancestors lived, where she was born and where her father attended college. Her life in her parents’ home was in the Ignacio area where her father was a school administrator and city official. Early in life Neva learned about and…
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Overview of El Diario – ’72-83
By Kiko Martinez El Diario was an independent Chicanx publication founded by CU Boulder students in the summer of 1972. It published information especially important to Chicanx and other disenfranchised students. It served as an editorial, photo, and print product education tool while covering stories and presenting accurate information that no other news outlet published.…
El Diario de la Gente 