Jennie Sanchez

Jennie M. Sanchez, from a family that moved to Center from northern New Mexico in the early twentieth century, has lived in the community all her life, with the exception of one year. As a small child, she learned dignity and equality from her elders. She learned clarity about injustice from her grandfather and the resolaneros who reflected together to understand what was happening to their people in a town where they were second class citizens. Jennie and her husband Ulysses were among the...See more

Jennie M. Sanchez, from a family that moved to Center from northern New Mexico in the early twentieth century, has lived in the community all her life, with the exception of one year. As a small child, she learned dignity and equality from her elders. She learned clarity about injustice from her grandfather and the resolaneros who reflected together to understand what was happening to their people in a town where they were second class citizens. Jennie and her husband Ulysses were among the first mejicanos to demand equal treatment in the 1950s and 60s, and she continued to play a leading role in all the civil rights work described in this book. See less