Today’s guest blog is from Carlos Muñoz, Jr., professor emeritus of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He was one of the founders of La Raza Unida Party in California and is the award-winning author of Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement.

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Mexican Americans made political history 40 years ago when, on January 17, 1970, they founded their own independent political party in Crystal City, Texas. They called it La Raza Unida Party – or, translated, “The United People’s Party.”

A look back at this party can give us clues about where we need to go today.

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