Box 41
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Celia Montez vs. Sun Oil Company, Case No. 3421, District Court of Starr County, Texas,, 1964-1976
File — Box: 41, Folder: 16
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:
1964-1976