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Revolts took place in 1963 (over the City Council) and in 1967 (over high school cheerleader selection) in what South Texas town?

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  • 11 months ago

    Crystal City, and the 1963 'revolt' was NOT over city council. It started with a labor dispute between the Teamsters Union that represented Mexican-American workers at a Del Monte cannery, who were being paid poorly and forced to work long hours in an effort to keep them from going to vote. At the time, a poll tax was in place, since made illegal, and most workers couldn't afford to pay it and were not voting. And those in charge liked it that way.

    https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/wm...

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