Front book cover of ‘Message to Aztlan’ – a collection of poetry, plays, major speeches, and political essays – by renowned Chicano civil rights leader Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales.

‘Message to Aztlán’
(Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales)

8/10 (B+) 📖

Corky’s writings and lectures helped lay the base for much of the thinking and ideas of the Chicano Movement. ✊🏽

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Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzáles (June 18, 1928 – April 12, 2005), Mexican American boxer, poet, and political activist. Photograph taken in the 1970s. Shown with thin mustache, curly hair, and his hand grasping his chin. By Denver Public Library's Western History and Genealogy Department's Digital Image Collection, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34561749

Today in Labor History April 26, 1966: Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales started the Chicano activist group Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado. Gonzales was a poet, activist and boxer.

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🔴 "If we were white..."

🔴 It is very timely to revisit the analysis of James Baldwin!!

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