Jacinto Treviño College
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Colegio Jacinto Treviño or Jacinto Treviño College was a college in Mercedes
, Texas
, United States
from 1969 until the mid-1970s.
It was started by Mexican Americans who felt underserved by the current educational community in 1969. It lost many of its staff and students due to political disputes in 1971 that lead to the founding of Juarez-Lincoln University
.
Mercedes, Texas
Mercedes is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,570 at the 2010 census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.-Geography:Mercedes is located at ....
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
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from 1969 until the mid-1970s.
It was started by Mexican Americans who felt underserved by the current educational community in 1969. It lost many of its staff and students due to political disputes in 1971 that lead to the founding of Juarez-Lincoln University
Juarez-Lincoln University
Juarez-Lincoln University was part of the Mexican-American education movement in Texas beginning in 1969. In that year many Latino students walked out in protest over lack of Latino history in secondary schools in Texas, Latino faculty members and related issues...
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