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Santos Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship applications are due October 15th

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Congrats to Dedman College student Karly Zrake, first Human Rights Scholar to honor Santos Rodriguez

CBS News Originally Posted: November 2, 2015 DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – SMU has awarded the first recipient of the Santos Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship in honor of a 12-year-old whose 1973 shooting death by a Dallas police officer briefly imprisoned for the crime remains one of the nation’s most troubling civil rights incidents. It goes to sophomore […]

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Roberto Corona, Embrey Human Rights Program, Seattle park honors 12-year-old killed by Dallas police in 1973

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: August 30, 2015 Seattle park honors Dallas 12-year-old killed by police At Santos Rodriguez Memorial Park, the playground draws children with its red-and-blue slides and green-and-yellow monkey bars. The lush gardens entice adults to stroll and smell the blooms. A plaque honors the memory of a boy killed by a […]

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Death of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez to be remembered this Friday in Dallas cemetery

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: July 23, 2015 Family and friends will gather this Friday morning to quietly honor the life of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez, who was killed by a Dallas police officer 42 years ago. The boy’s mother and others will gather for prayer and flowers at his grave in Oakland Cemetery at 9 […]

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Dallas mayor gives $10,000 to new Santos Rodriguez scholarship at SMU

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: March 16, 2015 Mayor Mike Rawlings became the first private donor to the Santos Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship at Southern Methodist University. This weekend, he pledged a personal check of $10,000 for the new SMU endowment fund. Applicants must seek a degree in the university’s human rights program. “Symbolically, naming it […]