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https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-a-school-walkout-in-uvalde-helped-spark-the-1970s-chicano-rights-movement/
Uvalde resident Olga Muñoz Rodriquez protesting discrimination against Mexican Americans in 1970s.
San Antonio and Crystal City are also known for their walkouts. Many towns in South Texas had walkouts.
San Antonio 1968
https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1240w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2019_47/3116711/191123-boycott-al-1257.jpg
https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/900972658dcbcce6c9ec839a8e72d168/mexican-american-walkouts-tx/index.html
Also very large walkouts were held in Los Angeles and Denver
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