The son of a Mexican immigrant father who labored on Arizona ranches, Mr. Grijalva as a young man was an activist in the Raza Unida Party, a hard-left movement to gain political power for Mexican ...

The son of Mexican immigrants first got into politics with the Raza Unida Party, part of the Chicano movement that sought political representation by staging boycotts, protests and walkouts.

Grijalva, the son of a Mexican immigrant who rose to the halls of Congress in a public-service career that stretched more ...

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva went to Congress to represent the little guy, not to pad his own wealth or fame. Southern Arizona needs more of that.

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva went to Congress to represent the little guy, not to pad his own wealth or fame. Southern Arizona needs more of that.

Elected 12 times to Congress, Grijalva was a fixture of Tucson politics and a standard-bearer of progressive Democrats.

He became the Arizona leader of the Raza Unida Party, which was founded in 1970 and dissolved in 1978. After losing a 1972 school board race, he reshaped the passionate and militant radicalism ...

The son of a migrant worker from Mexico, Grijalva began his political career as an activist and Arizona leader of the Raza Unida Party, a Hispanic political party dedicated to bringing about greater ...

And at the time it was racial.” Grijalva was a community organizer and was active in Raza Unida Party, the 1970s movement that promoted Chicano pride and defended civil rights for Mexican-Americans.

Grijalva was a community organizer and was active in Raza Unida Party, the 1970s movement that promoted Chicano pride and defended civil rights for Mexican-Americans. He ran for the Tucson school ...