Founding co-editor of La Raza Ruth Robinson (right) with Margarita Sanchez at the Belmont High School walkout, being arrested, during the 1968 student protests for education reform in LA. By Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photograph Collection - Los Angeles Public Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96471334
Today in #LaborHistory 3/5/1968: 1st #Chicano #student walkout in East #LostAngeles occurred on this date over overcrowded classrooms & #racism in #LA Schools. Organizer Harry Gamboa Jr. placed on senate list of 100 Most Dangerous Subversives along with #BlackPanthers #AngelaDavis & #EldridgeCleaver