Bidal Aguero
| Bidal Aguero | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
July 23, 1949 Goodnight Farm Acuff Lubbock County, Texas, USA |
| Died | November 3, 2009 (aged 60) Lubbock, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| Occupation | (2) Political activist |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Missing |
| Children |
Joe Adam Riojas |
(1) Missing
Joe Adam Riojas
Zenaida Victoria Reyes
Amalia Raquel Aguero
Bidal Aguero, also known as Billy Aguero (July 23, 1949 – November 3, 2009), was the publisher of El Editor, the oldest-running Hispanic newspaper in Texas. He was also a leading figure in the civil rights community in Lubbock.
Aguero was born at the Goodnight Farm in Acuff, Lubbock County, Texas, to migrant cotton laborers Ignacio (1915–1980) and Eulalia Aguero (1921–1994). The Aguero family moved to Lubbock in the 1950s and resided in the neighborhood known as "El Barrio Nuevo" off North Avenue U. Prior to establishing El Editor in 1977, Aguero worked for Gus Medina, Sr., owner of La Voz newspaper. In 1972, Aguero established a Mexican American Chamber of Commerce in Lubbock. That same year, he graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor's degree in music education. He then pursued his master's degree in music at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. While he was away from Lubbock, the Mexican American chamber of commerce disbanded, but Aguero re-formed it in 1976. Using his music education, Aguero was a founding member of a Lubbock Tejano group known as "Los Premiers". He played the saxophone.
Involved in Lubbock Democratic politics, Aguero organized protests against various injustices experienced by Hispanics. He was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the Lubbock Independent School District to change the method of electing trustees from at-large citywide to single-member districts so that persons of minority-group background could more easily win elections. From 1967-1962, Aguero was chairman of the Mexican American Youth Organization. He also ran unsuccessfully for the Lubbock City Council, state representative, and Lubbock County commissioner. In 1972, he was the Lubbock co-ordinator for the La Raza gubernatorial candidate, Ramsey Muniz, who polled more votes that year than the difference between Democratic winner Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde, and Republican challenger Henry Grover of Houston. In 1974, he worked for the second La Raza candidate, Mario Compean, who was also defeated by Briscoe. Aguero was active in West Texas farm unionization efforts and once received the Lubbock award named for farm activist Cesar Chavez. In 2007, Aguero received the Lubbock County Democratic Party's "Unsung Hero" award. He also received numerous awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications. In 1977, he won the "Distinguished Service Award" form the Lubbock Jaycees.
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