El Centro, here to stay
• After a 75 day
occupation and tense negotiations, the city acquiesced
and today El Centro de la Raza is a vital community center
serving Chicanos and other residents of the Beacon Hill area.
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• El Centro’s director Roberto Maestas
talks about the early days of the organization.
Roberto Maestas was a
teacher at Franklin High School when he helped form el Centro de la
Raza. He is still the director of the center. (1
min)