Ramírez, Manuel, 1947-

Photographer and civil rights activist Manuel (Chaca) Ramírez (1947-) was born in Laredo where he began his photographic career in the 1960s. Ramírez studied photojournalism at the University of Texas at Austin. In the late 1970s, he documented several examples of Chicano activism; in the 1980s, he recorded the work of Mexican American artists Amado Maurilio Peña, Jr. and Consuelo (Chelo) Gonzalez Amezcua.

From the guide to the Manuel (Chaca) Ramírez Photograph Collection 22870067., 1964-1982, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin)