TITLE: Commemorating the 90th anniversary of LULAC.

SUMMARY: Commemorating the 90th anniversary of LULAC.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The League of United Latin American Citizens is marking the 90th anniversary of its founding in 2019; and WHEREAS, Established in Corpus Christi in 1929, LULAC drew strength from the rise of the Texas-Mexican middle class and the growing resistance to discrimination; it became the first nationwide Mexican American civil rights organization, striving to end political disenfranchisement, racial segregation, lack of political representation, and jury exclusion; a multi-issue organization from its inception, it also sought to address the roots of poverty and promote economic progress; and WHEREAS, LULAC organized poll tax drives and fought to abolish these antidemocratic taxes; in the 1930s, it investigated charges of discrimination by the Works Progress Administration, and it later worked with the Federal Employment Practices Commission to open up jobs for Mexican Americans in the defense industry; members were engaged in Hernandez v. State of Texas,which secured for Mexican Americans the right to serve on juries; moreover, they fought for the appointment of Mexican Americans to important federal and state positions and supported candidates for public office; and WHEREAS, Deeply committed to school desegregation, LULAC was engaged in such pivotal court cases as Delgado v. Bastrop ISD,which ended segregation in public schools; from its early years, the organization promoted education by awarding scholarships, and in 1974, it created a national scholarship fund, as well as the LULAC National Educational Service Centers; members also participated in a 1990 case seeking the allocation of a greater share of state funds to South Texas colleges; along the way, LULAC played a role in the formation of a number of important organizations, among them the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; and WHEREAS, Today, under the leadership of national president Domingo Garcia, LULAC continues its efforts to protect the civil rights of Latinos while expanding opportunities in education, employment, economic advancement, and political influence; its comprehensive suite of nationwide programs support such worthy causes as affordable housing, health care access, citizenship, and humanitarian relief; and WHEREAS, Over the course of nine decades, LULAC has helped to build a more just, equitable, and vibrant society, and its contributions have improved the lives of countless Americans; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas Legislature hereby commemorate LULAC's 90th anniversary and extend to the members of the organization sincere best wishes for the future. Meza Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Oliverson Allen Guillen Ortega Allison Gutierrez Pacheco Anchia Harless Paddie Anderson Harris Parker Ashby Hefner Patterson Bailes Hernandez Paul Beckley Herrero Perez Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Phelan Bell of Montgomery Holland Price Bernal Howard Ramos Biedermann Huberty Raney Blanco Hunter Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Buckley Johnson of Harris Rose Bucy Kacal Rosenthal Burns King of Hemphill Sanford Burrows King of Parker Schaefer Button King of Uvalde Shaheen Cain Klick Sheffield Calanni Krause Sherman, Sr. Canales Kuempel Shine Capriglione Lambert Smith Clardy Landgraf Smithee Cole Lang Springer Coleman Larson Stephenson Collier Leach Stickland Cortez Leman Stucky Craddick Longoria Swanson Cyrier Lozano Talarico Darby Lucio III Thierry Davis of Dallas Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Dean Metcalf Tinderholt Deshotel Meyer Toth Dominguez Meza Turner of Dallas Dutton Middleton Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miller VanDeaver Fierro Minjarez Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White Frullo Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Geren Murphy Wray Gervin-Hawkins Murr Wu Goldman Neave Zedler Gonz lez of Dallas Nev rez Zerwas Gonz lez of El Paso Noble Zwiener Goodwin Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 416 was adopted by the House on February 19, 2019, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House