TONY CASTRO, the former award-winning Los Angeles columnist and author of "Chicano Power" (E.P. Dutton, 1974), is a writer-at-large and national political writer with LAMonthly.org. "Chicano Power" will be published in a 50th anniversary edition in 2024. He can be reached at tony@tonycastro.com. Website: https//tonycastro.com
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