[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2378]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN 
                                CITIZENS

  (Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I am here to recognize the 75th anniversary 
of the League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest and largest 
Hispanic organization in the country. Since its inception on February 
17, 1929, LULAC has championed the cause of Latinos in the United 
States and Puerto Rico.
  In 1930, the organization desegregated hundreds of public places, 
including barber shops, swimming pools, restaurants, hotels and others. 
The following year, LULAC helped organize and fund the case against the 
Del Rio, Texas, Independent School District, which was the first class-
action lawsuit against a segregated Mexican school. Again in 1946 LULAC 
set its sights on ending segregation in schools through the Mendez v. 
Westminster lawsuit, which ended a century of segregation in 
California's public schools, and by 1948 it ended the segregation of 
Mexican children in the State of Texas.
  By 1940, LULAC had sought to change the workplace for Hispanics, 
helping to file discrimination cases for the Federal Employment 
Practices Commission. LULAC was also crucial in earning Hispanics the 
right to vote by taking the Hernandez v. the State of Texas case to the 
Supreme Court in 1954.
  Mr. Speaker, we all should recognize the valuable work of this 
organization.

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