Manuel (Chaca) Ramírez Photograph Collection 1964-1982

Ramírez, Manuel, 1947-

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Photographer and civil rights activist Manuel (Chaca) Ramírez (1947-) was born in Laredo where he began his photographic career in the 1960s. Ramírez studied photojournalism at the University of Texas at Austin. In the late 1970s, he documented several examples of Chicano activism; in the 1980s, he recorded the work of Mexican American artists Amado Maurilio Peña, Jr. and Consuelo (Chelo) Gonzalez Amezcua. From the guide to the Manuel (Chaca) Ramírez Photograph Collection 22870067., ...

Peña, Amado Maurilio, 1943-

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Amado Maurilio Peña was born in 1943 and raised in Laredo, Texas. He earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas Arts & Industry University in Kingsville, Texas, and taught art in the Texas schools. He established El Taller Gallery in Austin in 1980, and later opened other galleries in northern New Mexico, where he built close ties with the artistic community. His work is inspired by his Mexican and Yaqui Indian heritage. From the guide to the Amado Maurilio Peña Collection 23666072....

González Amezcua, Consuelo 1903-1975

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Artist and poet. Born June 13, 1903, in Piedras Negras, Coah., Mexico. Moved to Del Rio, Texas, with her family in 1913 and lived there the rest of her life. Known especially for her intricate ink drawings which she called "filigranas," González Amezcua became a well-known artist late in life, exhibiting her work in galleries and museums in the United States and Mexico. From the description of Chelo González Amezcua collection, ca. 1930-1976. (University of...

League of United Chicano Artists (Austin, Tex.)

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Texas Farm Workers Union

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The Texas Farm Workers Union (TFWU) was established in August 1975 under the leadership of Antonio Orendain. Wanting a union that was accountable to them, a core of Rio Grande Valley farmworkers supported the foundation of the TFWU. From its inception the union had a difficult time. In addition to the opposition of the growers, the union did not gain the support of the United Farm Workers Union or the AFL-CIO. With little or no funding, the union resorted to "hit-and run" strike tactics to make ...