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Bookmark or Share- Sal Castro´s Legacy - The California-Mexico Studies Center, Inc.Sal Castro was praised as a tireless, inspiring leader and activist by university professors, doctors and a former California Supreme Court justice at his funeral Thursday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. But he simply wanted to be remembered as a teacher.
- Sal Castro: A Catalyst for Change - Cal State LAAs one of a few Mexican-American educators in the East Los Angeles schools in the 1960s, Sal Castro ('61) inspired thousands of students to fight against their inferior education-an effort that grew into the East Los Angeles student walkouts of 1968.
- East L.A. walkouts | Summary, 1968, Demands, Significance, Aftermath ...Sal Castro, a Mexican American social studies teacher at Lincoln High School, saw social and educational inequalities, and he began teaching Mexican and Mexican American history and culture while instilling in his students pride in their heritage.
- How 1968 East LA Student Walkouts Ignited the Chicano MovementTo say, ‘Why should we put up with these things?’” Sal Castro, a teacher at Lincoln High, talks to students in 1968. Castro was arrested for his leadership role in the East L.A. walkouts.
- Sal Castro - WikipediaSalvador B. Castro (October 25, 1933 – April 15, 2013) was a Mexican-American educator and activist. He was most well known for his role in the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkouts, a series of protests against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools.
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