Huelga Schools in Houston: Community-Based Education in the Struggle for Legal Recognition, 1970 |
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| Authors: | Guadalupe San Miguel Jr |
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| Institution: | Department of History, University of Houston |
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| Abstract: | This essay provides an overview of the huelga schools established in Houston, Texas, in 1970. For 2 years, from 1970 to 1972, the Mexican American community opposed the Houston Independent School District’s plan to integrate the schools by pairing so-called White Mexican Americans with African American students. While they protested this decision, Mexican Americans also established huelga or strike schools in order to provide their children with basic skills in education and to explain the meaning and significance of their political actions. This is the history of the huelga schools established in the 1st months of this struggle. |
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| Keywords: | Huelga schools pairing community-based education Houston integration |
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