Ruben Salazar was a civil rights activist and a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, the first Mexican-American journalist from mainstream media to cover the Chicano community. Salazar died during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970, in East Los Angeles, California. (Wikipedia) Marchers at a Mexican Independence Day Parade in East Los Angeles. They are carrying a large painted portrait of Ruben Salazar. Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article "Outside Observers' Efforts to Ease Tensions at Parade Told," Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 1970: A1.
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