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Mar 25 Lucio Returns To Old Home For Dedication Brownsville Herald The TX March 25 1998
Mar 25 Lucio Returns To Old Home For Dedication Brownsville Herald The TX March 25 1998
By KARISA KING
T he Brownsville Herald
Lucio and his four sisters lived in cramped conditions in the projects from
1949 to 1954, when they moved to a house three blocks away to make room for a
He credited his parents for instilling a work ethic in their children and
"A simple education works as the foundation that will allow (children) to
reach their goals," Lucio told a crowd of city officials and neighbors
"You don't have to be born, raised and die in the projects," Rubinsky said.
BHA Board Chair Joseph T amayo called it "an all-star neighborhood," noting
that T exas Southmost College Chair Mary Rose Cardenas came from the same
housing project. It is among the BHA's approximately 1,000 federally
Lucio 's sister, Beatrice Lucio Rodriguez, told a little known story about the
would-be state senator who inspired the family at the age of 5 after he was
caught in the doors of a school bus and dragged for more than a block.
Paralyzed at the waist, her brother pulled himself across the apartment floor
"He taught us something about determination and hard work," she said. "Our