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My name is Tomás Summers Sandoval. I'm Chicano from southern Californian, a GenXer, and a fan of the Dodgers and Elvis. I am a husband, a father of three, and in my spare time I'm an asociate professor of Chicana/o~Latina/o Studies and History at Pomona College.Twitter
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WALKOUT!!
In March 1968 thousands of Chicana and Chicano students boycotted their schools in protest of racism and educational inequity. Shouting “Walkout! Walkout!” more than ten thousand students disrupted the normal business of their school day by physically leaving and gathering … Continue reading
Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)
June 6th marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Younger brother to JFK, Attorney General from 1961 to 1964, and U.S. Senator from New York from 1965 to his death, RFK was shot after winning the … Continue reading
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Tagged cesar chavez, Chicano, chicano movement, hispanic, kennedy assassination, la times, latino, RFK
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