Rosa Rosales
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Rosa Rosales is an American political activist. She served as the 45th national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens
, the largest and oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States, from 2002-2010. Rosales advocates for Hispanics across the country on issues of education, health, housing, civil rights, and many other issues affecting Hispanic
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League of United Latin American Citizens
The League of United Latin American Citizens was created to combat the discrimination that Hispanics face in the United States. Established February 17, 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC was a consolidation of smaller, like-minded civil rights groups already in existence...
, the largest and oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States, from 2002-2010. Rosales advocates for Hispanics across the country on issues of education, health, housing, civil rights, and many other issues affecting Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
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