Box 51
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Paper - "King Tijer: Agitator or Demagogue?" Owen, Gordon R.,, December 30, 1971
File — Box: 51, 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:
December 30, 1971