Hispanic Americans–Civil rights–History–20th century.

  • Free Huey rally in Los Angeles (Part 1)

    On February 18, 1968, the day after Huey P. Newton’s birthday, a group of Black Power and civil rights activists held a rally in Los Angeles at the Sports Arena in honor of Newton’s birthday and to show support while Newton was incarcerated for manslaughter. Speakers Bobby Seale, H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), and Stokely…

  • Free Huey rally in Los Angeles (Part 2)

    On February 18, 1968, the day after Huey P. Newton’s birthday, a group of Black Power and civil rights activists held a rally in Los Angeles at the Sports Arena in honor of Newton’s birthday and to show support while Newton was incarcerated for manslaughter. Speakers Bobby Seale, H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), and Stokely…

  • Free Huey rally in Los Angeles (Part 3)

    On February 18, 1968, the day after Huey P. Newton’s birthday, a group of Black Power and civil rights activists held a rally in Los Angeles at the Sports Arena in honor of Newton’s birthday and to show support while Newton was incarcerated for manslaughter. Speakers Bobby Seale, H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), and Stokely…

  • Social science: the distortion of Mexican-American history

    Dr. Octavio Romano, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Berkeley and Chairman of the Oakland Institute of Mexican-American Affairs speaks at Sacramento State College, October 1, 1968 during the symposium on “Racism in America: Past, Present, and Future.”

  • The Chicano moratorium

    On August 29, 1970, over 20,000 protesters, mostly Mexican Americans or Chicanos, gathered in Laguna Park in East Los Angeles to peacefully protest the Vietnam War. By August of 1970, the mortality rate in the Vietnam War was disproportionately high within the Chicano demographic, while funding for schools, jobs, healthcare, housing, and other important areas…

  • Education and the Mexican-American

    Y. Arturo Cabrera, State Vice President of the Association of Mexican-American Educators, speaking at Sacramento State College October 3, 1968 at the Symposium on Racism in America: Past, Present, and Future. |Tape Library Title: “The Educational Needs of the Chicanos”

  • Conference on racism in the law ; no.4: Racism in civil court proceedings; Indian law, poverty and paternalism

    On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. In this fourth of five recordings from the conference, Edward A. Dawley introduces former president of the NAACP, attorney Richard A. Bancroft, who speaks on racism in civil court proceedings.…