Latino civil 権利s 場所／位置 in Texas 指名するd 国家の Treasure
A Texas building connected to the Mexican-American Civil 権利s movement has been 指定するd as a 国家の Treasure and will 株 part of a $450,000 認める in an 成果／努力 to raise money for 回復する historic buildings 損失d by last year's ハリケーンs, the 国家の 信用 for Historic 保護 発表するd Tuesday.
The LULAC 会議 60 Clubhouse in Houston, along with an historic doctor's office in Miami and a nature 保存する in Puerto Rico, will 株 the 認める. All of the 場所／位置s were 損失d by ハリケーンs Harvey, Irma or Maria.
The clubhouse served as a 会合 place beginning in the 1950s for Mexican-American civil 権利s leaders who plotted out 重要な school desegregation 事例／患者s and 成果／努力s to fight 差別. 伝説の leaders such as 弁護士／代理人／検事s Gus Garcia, John J. Herrera and Tex-Mex restaurateur Felix Tijerina …に出席するd 会合s at the clubhouse.
The building sits in a 活力を回復させるd area outside of Houston's downtown. For years, 支持するs have been trying to raise money to 直す／買収する，八百長をする the roof and 内部の of the building, which was 損失d by Harvey and previous 嵐／襲撃するs. LULAC - the acronym for the League of 部隊d Latin American 国民s - is the nation's oldest Hispanic civil 権利s organization.
"The LULAC Clubhouse is not only an irreplaceable 思い出の品 that bold ideas often take 形態／調整 in modest places, but also, that more needs to be done to learn from our nation's 集団の／共同の civil 権利s 出資／貢献s," said Stephanie Meeks, the 国家の 信用 for Historic 保護 大統領，／社長 and CEO.
The clubhouse was the 場所／位置 where 行動主義者s planned 大統領 John J. Kennedy's visit with LULAC held the night before his 暗殺. The group also created the "Little School of the 400," an idea that would later become the 連邦の 長，率いる Start program.
LULAC 国家の 大統領 Roger Rocha said the 任命 would 増加する the group's 接近 to 基金s and help create a museum to 保存する a part of Latino history.
"There's a lot of history in that building," Rocha said. "We can't lose it."
支持するs hope to raise at least $500,000 and in 新規加入 to a museum, 回復する it to serve as a 会合 場所／位置 once again, said Ray Valdez, LULAC 会議 60 Clubhouse 大統領，／社長.
With a 国家の Treasure 任命, the LULAC clubhouse joins such 場所／位置s as the Washington 国家の Cathedral in Washington, D.C., the White Grass dude ranch in Wyoming, and Joe Frazier's Gym in Pennsylvania.
The $450,000 American 表明する 認める for the three 場所／位置s will help renovate the historic structures and 準備する them to attract 訪問者s, said Timothy McClimon, 大統領，／社長 of the American 表明する 創立／基礎. In 新規加入 to the LULAC clubhouse, the historic Dr. James M. Jackson's Office and 外科 in Miami, Florida, and さまざまな structures and landscapes within Para?so Las Lunas - a nature 保存する in Caguas, Puerto Rico - will receive 認める money.
Jackson's office was built in 1905 by Miami's first 居住（者） 内科医 and the building exemplifies neo-classical architecture in South Florida. It was 損失d by ハリケーン Irma. The Dade 遺産 信用 will also use 認める 基金s for roofing and carpentry 修理 at the Wagner Homestead, a 中央の-19th century structure and the oldest known house in Miami-Dade 郡, Florida.
The 注目する，もくろむ of ハリケーン Maria passed 直接／まっすぐに over Las Lunas, 損失ing several buildings and uprooting many of the more than 51,000 trees 以前 工場／植物d there. The 19-acre Para?so Las Lunas was the home and studio of renowned Mexican ceramic artist Toni Hambleton. The 場所／位置 is renowned for the variety of native Puerto Rican flora and fauna.
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Associated 圧力（をかける） writer Russell Contreras is a member of the AP's race and ethnicity team. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/russcontreras
