14 Facts About Sal Castro

Salvador B Castro was a Mexican-American educator and activist.

Sal Castro was most well known for his role in the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkouts, a series of protests against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District schools.

Sal Castro saw no combat action as hostilities with Korea ceased shortly after his entry, but was stationed at bases in Atlanta, Georgia and Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Sal Castro held various positions in the Los Angeles-area schools before being hired at Belmont High School in Downtown Los Angeles as an interpreter and social studies teacher.

Sal Castro began coaching Mexican-American students to run for positions in student government.

Sal Castro, who was ignorant of the rule, had given the go-ahead to use Spanish, and was immediately transferred to Lincoln High School in Lincoln Heights, in North East Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Sal Castro continued his education, undertaking a Master's program at Cal State LA.

Sal Castro joined the Mexican-American Education Committee, a group of graduate students who made recommendations to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on ways to improve services to Mexican-American students.

Nonetheless, Sal Castro began meeting informally with Mexican-American college students, who were by this time beginning to call themselves Chicanos and Chicanas, and a network of Mexican American education activists began forming.

Sal Castro continued educating and pressing for educational reform in Los Angeles-area schools.

Also in 2006, Sal Castro was highly critical of radio DJs who encouraged students to walk out of classes in protest of United States House of Representatives resolution 4437, which, if passed by the United States Senate, will impose stiffer penalties on unauthorized immigrants and their employers.

Sal Castro publicly denounced the members of the Minuteman Project as racists.

Sal Castro continued to lecture student groups across the country and helps run leadership conferences for high school students.

Sal Castro was a Park and Recreation Commissioner for the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation.