Francisca Flores
Francisca Flores
Chicano movement
The 40th Anniversary Commemoration Committee of the Chicano Moratoriums was formed in the summer 2009 by the Chair of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee of August 29, 1970 along with two independent Chicano Movement historians whom although not of the baby boomer generation, have become inspired by the Movimiento.
The organization posted a list of significant “Chicano movement” activists on its website which included Francisca Flores, a member of Regeneracion.[1]
Chicano movement
The 40th Anniversary Commemoration Committee of the Chicano Moratoriums was formed in the summer 2009 by the Chair of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee of August 29, 1970 along with two independent Chicano Movement historians whom although not of the baby boomer generation, have become inspired by the Movimiento. The organization posted a list of significant “Chicano movement” activists on its website which included Ruben Salazar.[2]
Vietnam protester
Congressman Ed Roybal, journalists Ruben Salazar, Francisca Flores and Enriqueta Vasquez, and activists Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Corky Gonzales, Reies Tijerina and Bert Corona, were all early Latino protesters against the Vietnam War.[3]
References
- ↑ Chicano Moratorium website: Moratorium Participants (accessed on April 16, 2010)
- ↑ Chicano Moratorium website: Moratorium Participants (accessed on April 16, 2010)
- ↑ PW, Pentagon commemoration of Vietnam War far from complete by: Rosalio Munoz