National Chicano Moratorium Committee (U.S.)

The National Chicano Moratorium Comm. was created by the Hispanic community in the U.S. to protest the Vietnam Conflict. On Aug. 29, 1970 a Vietnam War protest in Los Angeles, Calif. involving Hispanics from all over the U.S. turned violent when the police attacked protestors and three people were killed.

From the description of National Chicano Moratorium Comm. news release : typescript, 1970 Sept. 4. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 51574119