Mario Cantú Papers 1957-1998

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Mario Cantú Papers 1957-1998

The collection is comprised of the personal papers of restaurant owner and Chicano civil rights activist Mario Cantú. Cantú was born in San Antonio, Texas and spent most of his life and career there.

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Cantú, Mario

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Mario Cantú was a well-known restaurant owner and civil rights activist in San Antonio, Texas. He was born Mauro Casiano Cantú, Jr. on April 2, 1937 in the San Antonio apartment of his parents, Mauro Cantú and Lucrecia Casiano. Cantú, the oldest of four children, was first called “Mario” by his schoolteachers. As a child, he helped out at the family business, a small 24-hour grocery store on the West Side called the M. Cantu Super Mercado. After graduating from Tech High School, Can...

Partido de los Pobres

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Medrano, Güero

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Partido Proletario Unido de America

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Reavis, Dick J.

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Dick J. Reavis was born December 27, 1945 in Elk City, Oklahoma. He was involved with civil rights activism in high school and through college, joining the organizations NAACP, SCOPE, SCLC, and SDS. After graduating from the University of Texas-Austin, Reavis started a career in journalism, moving his way up from his father's newspaper to writing for Texas Observer, and later for Texas Monthly, where he became senior editor until resigning in 1990. His books include Conversations with Moctezuma ...

Prisoners Defense Committee

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Mario Cantú Defense Committee

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San Antonio Refuse Collectors Association

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