Abstract This collection consists of Ralph Arriola's collection of photographs, clippings, ephemera, and books. The predominant subject of the material is the Chicano Moratorium that occurred on August 29, 1970. Other subjects include Ruben Salazer, Robert F. Kennedy, Cesar E. Chavez, United Farm Workers, United Auto and Workers. The collection also includes some rare small press Chicano and Latino themed newspapers mainly published between the late 1960s through the mid 1970s, including La Raza, El...

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The Edward Escobar papers consist of his research and writing on police brutality inflicted on the Chicano community throughout the city and county of Los Angeles. They include action plans, agendas, appeals, affidavits, correspondence, interviews, newspapers, oral histories, press releases, proposals, resolutions, speeches, and other legal and printed materials that support his life’s work documenting the impact of mass incarceration.