Box 41
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Tijerina, Martinez, Gallegos, Dominguez vs. Virgil Henry, Members of the State Board of Education of State of NM and City of Albuquerque and Board of Education of the City of Albuquerque, Case No. 7664,, 1968 - 1971
File — Box: 41, Folder: 4
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:
1968 - 1971