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Karla Camacho, Mexican American Civil Rights Institute

Karla Camacho is the Program Manager at the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute, a museum and archive based in San Antonio, Texas.

Politics

Meet the Activist Who Mobilized Latino Voters and Built Political Power

Until 1975, Latinos’ right to vote was not explicitly protected by the law. In his twenties and thirties, Velásquez mobilized countless voters.