Box 40
Container
Contains 1 Result:
USA vs Reies Lopez Tijerina, Patsy Ann Tijerina, Reies Hugh Tijerina, Ramon Lopez Tijerina, Rudy Stanley, Carol Jean Watson, Kerim Thaddeus Hamarat, and Jose Marcelina Aragon, Transcript of Commissioner's Hearing Vol II, Commissioners Docket No.1, Case No. 33,, July 1, 1969
File — Box: 40, Folder: 9
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:
July 1, 1969