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50 yrs ago today, tens of 1000’s marched thru East LA to protest the Vietnam War & raise up the Chicano experience. Police responded w/tear gas & arrests. 3 died that day
People are back to remember the #ChicanoMoratorium. Times are different but many problems are the same
People are back to remember the #ChicanoMoratorium. Times are different but many problems are the same
Today’s #ChicanoMoratorium events remember the 3 who died in East LA 50 yrs ago today, incl journalist & civil rights leader Ruben Salazar. He was killed when police threw a tear gas canister into the Silver Dollar Bar.
His image faces that building.
His image faces that building.
Chicano Power signs brandished as #ChicanoMoratorium caravan gets underway with LA County Sheriff’s deputies monitoring
Fifty years ago today, 20,000 people marched through East L.A. to protest the Vietnam War as part of the #ChicanoMoratorium.
The Moratorium shocked the conscience of our nation, exposing the injustices and bigotry experienced by Mexican Americans. latimes.com/projects/chica…
The Moratorium shocked the conscience of our nation, exposing the injustices and bigotry experienced by Mexican Americans. latimes.com/projects/chica…
The Moratorium raised a powerful, collective voice of protest and helped America confront the uncomfortable realities of the Chicano experience.
Fifty years later, many of the inequities, as well as the movements to address them, persist today. google.com/amp/s/www.lati…
Fifty years later, many of the inequities, as well as the movements to address them, persist today. google.com/amp/s/www.lati…
The courage of activists like those and so many others made America a better nation. They deserve our gratitude and respect—and for history books to tell their stories.
I so miss working with @LAJourno but love being able to still read his work #chicanomoratorium #somosLAT One reporter's quest for answers about Ruben Salazar's death - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/projects/chica…
2/ “Chicanos will tell you that their culture predates that of the Pilgrims and that Spanish was spoken in America before English,” Salazar wrote. “So the ‘problem’ is not theirs but the Anglos’ who don’t speak Spanish.” #somosLAT
3/ Salazar worked overseas, returned to cover protests and police, was in a building fired at with tear gas and died at 42. This is still happening. It happened to me and to my colleagues. #Journalismisnotacrime
