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Corpus Christi correspondent wrote for the Galveston Weekly News - "The whole race of Mexicans here is becoming a useless commodity, becoming cheap, dog cheap"
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Occured in early 1900's to as late as 1917
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90% Mexians but the white minority controlled most of the land and political power
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7 Mexican organizations met to find the LULAC
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10,000 mexicans a year were being contracted to work in the US
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Was a major political win, signified the Mexican populations' attempts to achieve equality and fight the segregationist policies.
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Influential group founded in San Antonio, TX, created by Willie Velazquez and Jose Angel Guiterrez. This political party challenged the white control of Southwestern U.S.
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Militant group challenged whtie ranchers and other "gringos", as well as some older Mexicano families that the group thought was being too lax. It resulted in violence.