We stood up, and it mattered

It's a bit startling to realize that it has been 40 years this week since I participated in a watershed event in the political life of East Los Angeles. The 1968 Chicano student walkouts took a stand against discrimination against Mexican Americans. They gave a community hope for promised change -- change that, regrettably, hasn't fully come about.

By Luís Torres

March 8, 2008