Genre: news photographs / Resource Type: still image / Location: East Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mourners lined up to pay respects to Ruben Salazar, as he lied in state from 10 am to 2 pm at the Bagües and Sons Mortuary in East Los Angeles (4221 Brooklyn Ave.; now 4221 East Caesar Chavez Ave.).
Date:: September 2, 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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)
Date:: September 17, 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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