29 August 1970
Chicano / antiwar organizingBook sources
Chicano Moratorium challenges the Vietnam War and racial inequality
East Los Angeles, California; Mexican American demonstrators
The National Chicano Moratorium brought Mexican American opposition to the Vietnam War into a major East Los Angeles demonstration. Protesters linked the war’s burdens with discrimination at home. The day ended in police violence and deaths, including that of journalist Rubén Salazar.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
The demonstration’s demands and the circumstances of individual deaths require distinct accounts. This entry does not assign a single cause to every death or repeat an unverified crowd estimate.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 22, pp. 614–616; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- Library of Congress: National Chicano Moratorium research guide ↗