Acosta, Oscar Zeta, 1935-1974?
Variant namesAcosta 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
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Active 1936
Active 1990
Birth 1935-04-08
Death 1974
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