Latino protests show new future of politics

“They used the church to help them organize. They used nonviolent protest to champion their civil rights. They filled the streets, holding banners and singing songs. In the end, they awakened the entire nation to their quest for equal rights.

I’m not talking about the black civil rights movement of the 1960s. I’m talking about the Latino power movement unfolding right before our eyes.”

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