Oscar Zeta Acosta Papers 1936-1990

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Oscar Zeta Acosta Papers 1936-1990

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The Oscar Zeta Acosta Collection contains material reflecting his work as a writer, lawyer and Chicano political activist. Acosta is most well known as the author of the classic Chicano books (1972), and (1973). Legal Proceedings, biographical documents, correspondence, writings and photos are part of this collection. The collection takes up four linear feet, occupying eight archival boxes covering the period from 1936-1990. Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo The Revolt of the Cockroach People

4.0 linear feet; 8 boxes

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University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives

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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 ...