Inscription reads: On Feb. 6, 1971, a small group gathered outside the Pharr police department to protest incidents of discrimination and brutality. The crowd grew to hundreds and the day turned violent as tensions with law enforcement escalated. During the chaos that became known as the Pharr Riot, a law enforcement officer shot and killed bystander Alfonso Loredo Flores. For several weeks, Union y Fuerza and other groups picketed city hall and boycotted businesses. Events in Pharr received national media attention. In the aftermath, the city's mayor, commissioners, and chief of police resigned. In June 1972, citizens elected their first Mexican American mayor. These important events in Texas' Chicano movement advanced civil rights and political engagement. Erected 2018 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 20119.)]]> Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org]]> Palo Alto/Mexican War Research Collection]]> I [smudge] have also sold + delivered three mules + Twenty Head of Cattle + Two Yoke of Oxeine for which I have received Atrist Five Hundred Dollars"
]]> 1839 Republic of Texas Slave Sale Document; Slave Deed, 1839. ELIBR0195, Box 1, Folder 1, Slave Deed. University Library, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas. ]]> 1839 Republic of Texas Slave Sale Document (ELIBR0195)]]> Duran, Marcie, Xenia Luna, & Victoria Diaz. (2018). Lesson Plan for Edcouch-Elsa Walkouts. Retrieved from https://rgvprimarysourceguides.omeka.net/items/show/12.]]> https://rgvprimarysourceguides.omeka.net/items/show/43]]> Pharr Riot]]> Betty Murray Papers]]> Pharr Riot]]>