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In the Footsteps of Giants
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Jun 20, 2009
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In the Footsteps of Giants
To mark Juneteenth, when many black Americans celebrate freedom from slavery and reflect on the ongoing civil rights struggle, LA Times columnist Hector Tobar says the city's Latinos ought to do some reflecting of their own.
From the LA Public Library photo archive: "Demonstration at a Board of Education session on segregation protests in July 1963."
From the LA Public Library photo archive: "Demonstration at a Board of Education session on segregation protests in July 1963."
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To mark Juneteenth, when many black Americans celebrate freedom from slavery and reflect on the ongoing civil rights struggle, LA Times columnist Hector Tobar says the city's Latinos ought to do some reflecting of their own.

To mark Juneteenth, when many black Americans celebrate freedom from slavery and reflect on the ongoing civil rights struggle, LA Times columnist Hector Tobar says the city's Latinos ought to do some reflecting of their own.