Abstract This collection contains various pieces of ephemera and periodical issues related to Latinos, chiefly focused on Chicanos in California from the 1970s to 2000s. Materials include programs, fliers, brochures, clippings, and magazine issues related to various subjects including the Chicano movement, Cesar Chavez and farm labor, community organizing, strikes and boycotts, community organizing, journalism and journalist Ruben Salazar, and cultural events including plays, museum exhibits, and Día...

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The Ruben Salazar papers include personal and professional materials that document the late journalist's life from his birth in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 1928, to his 1970 death in Los Angeles during the National Chicano Moratorium march in East Los Angeles. The collection contains photographs and correspondence, clippings and draft manuscripts of stories, and cards and letters from his supporters, awards and realia.