Members of the Brown Berets, a Chicano rights group that remains active today, c. 1970.
Members of the Brown Berets, a Chicano rights group that remains active today, c. 1970.
Courtesy Patricia Borjon-Lopez/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Demonstrators at 1971's La Marcha de la Reconquista, a 1000-mile march for Chicano rights from Calexico to Sacramento, California.
Demonstrators at 1971's La Marcha de la Reconquista, a 1000-mile march for Chicano rights from Calexico to Sacramento, California.
Courtesy Daniel Zapata/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
La Marcha por la Justicia, a 1971 rally protesting police brutality, in Los Angeles' Belvedere Park.
La Marcha por la Justicia, a 1971 rally protesting police brutality, in Los Angeles' Belvedere Park.
Courtesy Luis C. Garza/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
César Chávez (center), co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, with members, c. 1970.
César Chávez (center), co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, with members, c. 1970.
Courtesy Pedro Arias/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
A police deputy with shotgun raised outside of a National Chicano Moratorium march in August 1970 that attracted between 20,000 and 30,000 demonstrators.
A police deputy with shotgun raised outside of a National Chicano Moratorium march in August 1970 that attracted between 20,000 and 30,000 demonstrators.
Courtesy La Raza Staff Photographers/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
A protestor known as "Shorty" and US Army veteran Alfredo Moncayo (left) demonstrate at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, c. 1969.
A protestor known as "Shorty" and US Army veteran Alfredo Moncayo (left) demonstrate at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, c. 1969.
Courtesy La Raza Staff Photographers/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
A woman locked out of the Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency in Los Angeles, c. 1973.
A woman locked out of the Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency in Los Angeles, c. 1973.
Courtesy Pedro Arias/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
A family enjoys the Mexican Independence Day Parade in East Los Angeles in 1970.
A family enjoys the Mexican Independence Day Parade in East Los Angeles in 1970.
Courtesy La Raza Staff Photographers/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
A 1972 portrait of boys in LA's Pico-Aliso housing project, which was demolished in 1999.
A 1972 portrait of boys in LA's Pico-Aliso housing project, which was demolished in 1999.
Courtesy Luis C. Garza
Founding co-editor of La Raza Ruth Robinson (right) with Margarita Sanchez at the Belmont High School walkout, part of a series of 1968 student protests for education reform in LA.
Founding co-editor of La Raza Ruth Robinson (right) with Margarita Sanchez at the Belmont High School walkout, part of a series of 1968 student protests for education reform in LA.
Courtesy Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photograph Collection /Los Angeles Public Library