On September 21, 1926 in a one-room adobe home near Falls City, Texas, Reies Lopez Tijerina began his turbulent, brilliant, controversial life. Tijerina’s family started as sharecroppers but were reduced to migrant workers, and he spent his early life working in the fields. His experiences with discrimination inspired his life as a social activist; as… Continue reading Birthday of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Political Activist