La Marcha de Del Rio

This page is a collection of documents and other sources related directly to the 1969 march recounted in chapter 7.

Download this 1969 Texas Observer article by clicking the photo below

Download these legal documents on the case involving the removal of VISTA volunteers

Click on this photo to watch a video interviewing Raul "Rusty" Sanchez

The Hearse to Bury "Justicia"

Social Studies and English Learning Objectives For La Marcha de Del Rio, March 30, 1969

Eloy Padilla Marcha Essay

Ricardo Chavira Interview on La Marcha

New York Times, March 31 1969:
"Mexican Americans Stage Protest"

Las Marchas de Del Rio article submitted to The Social Studies Texan
(October 31, 2023)

Excerpt from Chicano Manifesto: The History and Aspirations of the Second Largest Minority in America by Armando B. Rendon (2021)

Excerpt from Raza Schools: The Fight for Latino Educational Autonomy in a West Texas Borderlands Town by Jesus Jesse Esparza (2023)