National Council of La Raza

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The National Council of La Raza (translated as National Council of Spanish Speakers Against Racial Discrimination, abbreviation NCLR ; in Spanish , Raza stands for people in the sense of population ) is an umbrella organization for charitable self-help and advisory organizations against poverty , racial discrimination and lack of education in the US Families with Hispanic or Latino roots. It belongs to the spectrum of the civil rights movement in the USA and is (at least formally) non-party and non-party . The organization operates in over 300 locations across the country.

It is headquartered in Washington, DC and has eight regional offices in Atlanta , Chicago , Los Angeles , New York , Phoenix , Sacramento , San Antonio and San Juan . The current president is Ms. Janet Murguia .

Spanish, the second most common language in the United States

history

The NCLR emerged as a regional grouping in the early 1960s.

In 1973 the forerunner SWCLR became a national organization, as its second president Raul Yzaguirre was elected. A change in the statutes allowed women to be equally active in the NCLR.

Its importance also increased with immigration to the United States from Mexico and Cuba .

See also

literature

  • Francisco A. Rosales, Arturo Rosales (Eds.): Chicano !: The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement ; Arte Publico Press, 1996

Citations, references

  1. ↑ http://www.nclr.org/section/leadership_janet_murguia_bio
  2. ^ National Council of La Raza. "Detailed History" (in English the history of the NCLR)
  3. ^ National Council of La Raza. "Transition to a National Organization"

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