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Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records

 Collection
Identifier: 0577
Scope and Contents The CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records comprise the organizational records of the non-profit, professional organization currently known as CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California. CCNMA, formerly known as the California Chicano News Media Association, promotes diversity in news media by providing encouragement, scholarships, and educational programs for Latinos pursuing careers in journalism. CCNMA was founded in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. The CCNMA records consist of...
Dates: 1972 - 2017

Chicano and Latino ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0509
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...
Dates: 1930s-2006 (bulk 1970s-2000s)

Ruben Salazar papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0547
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1920s-2008

Frank O. Sotomayor papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0549
Abstract The papers of Frank O. Sotomayor, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, formerly at the Los Angeles Times; adjunct faculty member at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism; freelance writer and editor; and leader in national efforts toward newsroom diversity and inclusive coverage of all communities, including (but not limited to) Latino communities in California. The Frank O. Sotomayor papers include correspondence, photographs, research and subject files,...
Dates: 1970 - 2016