Castillo, John (Juan Felipe Espinosa),

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Born on September 20, 1938, in Houston, Texas, as Juan Felipe Espinosa Castillo. Mr. Castillo is a city councilman in Houston and has been active in Houston politics since the formation of PASO. He was an organizer and strategist for the farm workers who marched from the the Rio Grande Valley to Austin in 1966. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Houston in 1965.

From the description of Oral history interview with John Castillo, 1996 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 50489889

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Austin (Tex.)
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Houston (Tex.)
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Agricultural laborers
Labor unions
Mexican American leadership
Mexican Americans
Mexican American women
Politics, Practical
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