Box 31
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Poor People's Campaign, Statement of Demands for Rights of the Poor, presented by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Committee of 100,, Spring 1968
File — Box: 31, Folder: 22
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Reies Lopez Tijerina Papers document Tijerina's career as a Chicano activist in New Mexico with the bulk of the collection reflecting his activities from 1963-1978. Tijerina is most remembered for his June 5, 1967 raid on the Rio Arriba County Courthouse in Tierra Amarilla and the ensuing trial in which he defended himself to a 'not guilty' verdict. The majority of the collection consists of the records of the land grant organization that he founded in 1963, the Alianza Federal...
Dates:
Spring 1968