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Acosta, Oscar Zeta, 1935-1974?

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Acosta was a writer, lawyer and political activist, born April 8, 1935 in El Paso, Texas and raised near Modesto, Calif.

He served as an attorney for Chicano rights in East Los Angeles from 1968-1973. He disappeared in Mazatlan, Sinaloa in 1974 and is presumed dead.

From the description of Oscar Zeta Acosta Collection, 1936-1990. (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 221762851

Archival Resources

Role	Title	Holding Repository
referencedIn	Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1968 -1983	Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn	Oscar Zeta Acosta Papers, 1936-1990	University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
creatorOf	Acosta, Oscar Zeta. Oscar Zeta Acosta Collection, 1936-1990.	University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources

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Relation	Name
associatedWith	Acosta, Betty Daves	person
associatedWith	Acosta, Marco.	person
associatedWith	Alurista.	person
associatedWith	Herring, Neil.	person
associatedWith	Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund	corporateBody
associatedWith	Thompson, Hunter S.	person

	Place Name	Admin Code	Country
	California

Subject
Lawyers
Mexican American authors
Mexican American authors
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans
Political activists
Political activists

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Activity

Person

Exist Dates:

Active 1936

Active 1990

Birth 1935-04-08

Death 1974

Nationality:

Americans

Languages Used:

English

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