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{{short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Adelfa Botello Callejo
| image = AdelfaCallejo1978.png
| alt = A Latina woman in almost-profile, wearing a dark jacket over a light blouse with striped trim
| caption = Adelfa Callejo, from a 1978 publication of the Federal Women's Program
| birth_date = June 10, 1923
| birth_place = Millett, Texas
| death_date = January 25, 2014
| death_place = Dallas, Texas
| occupation = Lawyer, civil rights activist
}}
'''Adelfa Botello Callejo''' (June 10, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist of [[Mexicans|Mexican]] descent. She was a recipient of the Mexican government's Ohtli award, the Dallas Bar Association's Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Award, the League of United Latin American Citizens Hispanic Entrepreneurship Award, the Mexican American Bar Association of Texas Lifetime Achievement Award, and the [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] Award.
==Biography==
The daughter of Felix Botello and Guadalupe Guerra, she was born '''Adelfa Botello''' in [[Millett, Texas]] and was educated at Cotulla High School. Her father was born in Mexico; her mother, also of Mexican descent, was born in Texas. Callejo moved to [[Dallas]] in 1939 with her family and began taking night classes at [[Southern Methodist University]] (SMU). Near the end of [[World War II]], she moved to [[California]] to help her brother after he was wounded in the war. There she began an import-export business and met William "Bill" F. Callejo; the couple were married in Dallas around 1946. She resumed her night classes at SMU, completing a law degree in 1961, the first Hispanic woman to graduate in law from SMU's [[Dedman School of Law]]. She opened her own law office, becoming the first Mexican American woman to practice law in Dallas. After her husband completed a law degree, they established the law firm of Callejo and Callejo.<ref name=news /><ref name=tsha />
She was co-founder of the Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas (later the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association), also serving as regional president of the [[Hispanic National Bar Association]]. Callejo was chairperson and founder of the Coalition of Hispanic Organizations. In 2012, she was named to the 50th Committee, charged with commemorating the 50th anniversary of the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]. She also served as president of the Dallas County Criminal Bar Association.<ref name=tsha /><ref name=ruiz />
She was involved in protests against the killing of Santos Rodriguez in [[Little Mexico#Pike Park|Pike Park]] in 1973 and against federal immigration policies in 2010. Callejo helped organize protests against the deportation of Mexican parents from [[Oak Cliff]] in 1982. She helped establish single member municipal electoral districts in Dallas which helped neighborhoods gain better representation at city hall; she also helped promote the development of a dropout prevention program in Dallas schools. She served on various boards including the Dsllas Housing Authority, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas County Mental Health and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.<ref name=ruiz>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.
In 2004, Callejo and her husband donated over a million dollars to the SMU law school to establish the Adelfa Botello Callejo Leadership and Latino Studies Institute. With her husband, she was an officer of the Callejo-Botello Foundation.<ref name=smu />
She received the Ohtli award from the Mexican government. In 2012, she was named a Texas Legal Legend by the [[State Bar of Texas]]. She also received the Dallas Bar Association's Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Award, the League of United Latin American Citizens Hispanic Entrepreneurship Award, the Mexican American Bar Association of Texas Lifetime Achievement Award and the [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] Award.<ref name=tsha>{{cite web |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcaco |title=Callejo, Adelfa Botello |work=Handbook of Texas Online}}</ref> Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary school in Dallas was named in her honour.<ref name=smu>{{cite web |url=https://www.smu.edu/News/2014/adelfa-callejo-dies-25jan2013 |title=SMU Dedman Law trailblazer championed civil rights, justice |publisher=Southern Methodist University}}</ref>▼
She died in Dallas of brain cancer at the age of 90.<ref name=news>{{cite news |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries/obituaries/2014/01/25/longtime-dallas-lawyer-civil-rights-activist-adelfa-callejo-dies-at-90 |title=Longtime Dallas lawyer, civil rights activist Adelfa Callejo dies at 90 |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |date=January 25, 2015}}</ref>
==Awards and honors==
▲She received the Ohtli award from the Mexican government. In 2012, she was named a Texas Legal Legend by the [[State Bar of Texas]]. She also received the Dallas Bar Association's Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Award, the League of United Latin American Citizens Hispanic Entrepreneurship Award, the Mexican American Bar Association of Texas Lifetime Achievement Award and the [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] Award.<ref name=tsha>{{cite web |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcaco |title=Callejo, Adelfa Botello |work=Handbook of Texas Online}}</ref> Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary school in Dallas was named in her honour.<ref name=smu>{{cite web |url=https://www.smu.edu/News/2014/adelfa-callejo-dies-25jan2013 |title=SMU Dedman Law trailblazer championed civil rights, justice |publisher=Southern Methodist University}}</ref>
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