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Funeral Mass for Sal Castro

Relatives watch as the American flag is placed over the simple pine casket of teacher Sal Castro.

Relatives watch as the American flag is placed over the simple pine casket of teacher Sal Castro.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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A funeral Mass for teacher Sal Castro was said at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on Thursday. Castro was one of the supporters of the 1968 Chicano student walkouts, a protest for better schools that is considered the start of the Chicano movement.
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Remembering Sal Castro

Family members begin the processional carrying the simple pine casket of teacher Sal Castro.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Sal Castro

Charlotte Lerchenmuller, right, widow of Sal Castro, prays with other family members.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Sal Castro

Robin Avelar-LaSalle, right, wipes away tears while she and Paula Crisostomo recall Castro’s influence on their lives.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Sal Castro

Andres E. Jimenez Montoya, general director of the California Emerging Communities Initiative, wipes away tears.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Sal Castro

Albert Luna wears a photo of Sal Castro.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Sal Castro

The Rev. James Mott, center, blesses the pine casket of Sal Castro.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Sal Castro

Relatives release doves after the funeral Mass said for Sal Castro.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Remembering Sal Castro

Araceli Lopez, 38, who worked with Sal Castro at the Chicano Youth Leadership Conference, cheers as doves are released.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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