Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales papers, 1930-2006 [manuscript].

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Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales papers, 1930-2006 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/129677992

Collection includes Crusade for Justice information and correspondence, legal material both personal and from various court cases and proceedings, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame material, copies and drafts of poems including "I am Joaquin", newspaper clippings, correspondence, DU college information, personal daily agendas, handwritten notes, petitions, photographs, personal documents, posters, blueprints of home, audio-visual materials, boxing materials, awards and manuscript material.

14.5 linear ft. (16 boxes), 6 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folio, 2 oversize file folders, 2 photo boxes, 2 ovesize photo boxes, 2 audio-visual boxes

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6819046

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Gonzales, Rodolpho, 1928-2005

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Denver, Colo. based Chicano leader, nicknamed "Corky," in the movement for justice and equality for Mexican-Americans in the Southwest. Credited with raising national awareness of the plight of urban Chicanos. Founded an urban civil rights and cultural movement called the Crusade for Justice which advocated Chicano nationalism. Organized walkouts, demonstrations against police brutality and marches against the Vietnam War. In 1968, led a Chicano contingent to the Poor People's March on Washingto...

Crusade for Justice

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Gonzales, Geraldine Romero,

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