League of United Latin American Citizens

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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is a political advocacy group for Latinos in the United States. Founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC is the nation's oldest Hispanic advocacy organization. According to its website, LULAC has "approximately 115,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico," which it claims also makes it the nation's largest Hispanic organization. The current president is Rosa Rosales. The last president was Hector M. Flores.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable supporters 3 See also 4 External link 5 References 6 Further reading

[edit] History

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LULAC was the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case Hernandez v. Texas. In its landmark decision, the Warren court decided that Mexican Americans were a distinct ethnic group and were thus guaranteed equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

According to the LULAC website,

"The mission of LULAC is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide. The organization involves and serves all Hispanic nationality groups.".

Ezequiel D. Salinas was a national LULAC president, the first person from heavily Hispanic Laredo, Texas, to head the organization. During the 1940s and 1950s, he worked to establish LULAC chapters in parts of Texas where none had previously existed. He was an early advocate of civil rights for Mexican Americans.

[edit] Notable supporters

• Cesar Chavez, former activist
• Hillary Clinton U.S. Senator
• Bill Clinton, former U.S. President
• Elvis Crespo, performer
• Marisol Deluna, fashion designer
• Gloria Estefan, performer
• Charlie Gonzalez, U.S. Congressman
• Henry B. Gonzalez, former U.S. Congressman
• Jesse Jackson, activist
• Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

LULAC does not endorse candidates in a political nature to their membership or the public-at-large.

[edit] See also

• LNESC
• Latino
• NALEO
• NCLR
• American GI Forum

[edit] External link

• LULAC website

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Craig Kaplowitz, LULAC: Mexican Americans and National Policy (Texas A&M University Press, 2005). ISBN 978-1585443888