National Chicano Moratorium Comm. news release : typescript, 1970 Sept. 4.

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National Chicano Moratorium Comm. news release : typescript, 1970 Sept. 4.

Concerns march and rally in East Los Angeles, Calif. to have taken place on Sept. 16, 1970 of Chicanos and Latinos as a protest to the Police Riots on Aug. 29, 1970, to commemorate the 160th anniversary of Mexican Independence and to express opinions on the Vietnam War, L.A. police, death of Ruben Salazar and constitutional right of freedom of speech and assembly.

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Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970

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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 ...