6 people are charged in a Texas elections investigation involving 'vote harvesting' | AP News
Six people in a rural Texas county have been indicted in a widening elections investigation led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.| AP News
Six people in a rural Texas county have been indicted in a widening elections investigation led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.| AP News
A Latino voting rights group is calling for a federal investigation after Texas authorities searched the homes of its volunteers last week and seized phones and computers.| AP News
The rapid rise of migrant labor in Texas in the 1940s brought large numbers of laborers to Waco. To accommodate this new situation, the city of Waco acquired funds to build the Waco Farm Labor Camp, a center where workers could stay and receive aid while following the crops. Although the camp was only in operation for about twenty years, it had a long-lasting impact on the Waco community. The Bracero Program, a program through which American farmers in need of laborers could hire Mexican...| Waco History
Manuel "Manny" Sustaita was a Vietnam veteran, civil activist, and the founder of Waco Citizens for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Though an insurance salesman by trade, he spent most of his life advocating for veterans and their families, Hispanic communities, and other underserved groups in Waco. Sustaita was born in 1944 in Waco. As a boy he sold newspapers, shined shoes, and did other odd jobs to help support his family. In his free time, he played sports with the Waco Boy’s Club and...| Waco History
According to the Pew Research Center, Latinx/Hispanics in the US accounted for approximately 19% of the total population in the US and this percentage continues to grow each year. This includes Latinx/Hispanics who immigrated to the US and those born … Continue reading →| Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center
