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Ruben Salazar: Reading into a Prophetic Reporter
By: Gustavo Orellano, Los Angeles Times – Aug. 23, 2020 About 20 years ago, I visited a Chicano bookstore in Santa Ana to buy “Border Correspondent,” a greatest-hits compilation of pioneering Los ... -
When the Brown Berets occupied Catalina Island, locals feared a Mexican ‘invasion’
By: BRITTNY MEJIA, LOS ANGELES TIMES – AUG. 16, 2020 The young Mexican Americans boarded boats and a seaplane that brought them to the shores of Santa Catalina Island. They ... -
Bobby Lee Verdugo, Leader of 1968 LA School Walkout, Dies
By: The Associated Press~ NY Times ~ May 2, 2020 Bobby Lee Verdugo, one of the leaders of the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkout to protest discrimination and ... -
Sal Castro Memorial Conference on the Emerging Historiography of the Chicano Movement Feb. 28-29, 2020
The Sal Castro Memorial Conference on the Emerging Historiography of the Chicano Movement will bring together 28 participants to present their research on a variety of topics on the Chicano ... -
Conferencia del 50 Aniversario de la Creación de Estudios Chicanos - October 10-12, 2019
El Centro de Estudios California-México (CMSC), El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef), San Diego State University (SDSU) y el Centro Cultural de Tijuana (CECUT) se complacen en invitar ... -
We Commemorate the 49th Anniversary of the National Chicano Movement and the Tragic Killing of ...
Read full newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/46f1e699829f/we-commemorate-today-the-49th-anniversary-of-the-national-chicano-movement-and-the-tragic-killing-of-ruben-salazar In Memoriam of Ruben Salazar and Gus Chavez Voices: Remembering the Chicano Moratorium and Ruben Salazar By: NBC ~ August 29, 2014 From the few times ... -
Understanding the Chicano student movement at Cerritos College
By Rebecca Aguilar ~ Talon Marks ~ October 19, 2018 The Chicano and Chicano studies department seeks to increase the understanding and valuing the historic and cultural significance of Mexican-American ... -
The 1968 East L.A. High School Walkouts: How the Chicano student movement created Chicano Studies
Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, co-founder of the CSULB Chicano & Latino Studies department and a participant in the 1968 East L.A. high school walkouts, will wrap up this commemorative series with a ... -
La Raza and Mexican-American's Empowerment
The influential bilingual newspaper La Raza provided a voice to the Chicano Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. The new episode of Artbound showcases the young activists who shed light on ... -
How 'brown buffalo' Oscar Acosta, best known as Hunter Thompson's Dr. Gonzo, inspired his own ...
By Carolina A. Miranda ~ LA Times ~ March 21, 2018 There was his size: a substantial 6 feet, 225 pounds, according to his FBI file. There was his style: ...
