Tag Archives: CSO
Book Review: Bridges of Reform
Shana Bernstein’s Bridges of Reform: Interracial Civil Rights Activism in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles is reviewed. It includes a focus on the Community Service Organization. Continue reading
Posted in Books, California
Tagged ANMA, Cold War, Communist Party, CSO, El Congreso, Roybal
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Judge Richard Ibañez, Los Angeles Civic Pioneer
Richard A. Ibañez, 1910–2007, was an early Mexican American attorney and judge who was involved in a variety of civic causes in Southern California. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, California, Elected Officials, Veterans
Tagged CSO, Henry Wallace, McWilliams, Roybal
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California Federation for Civic Unity
The California Federation for Civic Unity was an important civil rights group that operated between 1946 and 1956 and served as multicultural meeting place where Mexican American leaders got to know other civil rights advocates. Continue reading
