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Approximately 80% of all arrested suspects wanted for possession of illicit substances, are African Americans. The war on drugs has consistently forced young, African-American males into a vicious cycle of poverty, unemployment and incarceration. The…

Mural Estrada Courts Housing Project in East Los Angeles

Chicano Moratorium protesters outside the Marine Corps recruiting station

National Chicano Moratorium gathered more than 30,000 activists, students, families and their children to the march down Whittier Blvd. in East Los Angeles

Chicanos walk from Belvedere Park to Laguna Park in protest of Vietnam War

Police regrouping from the rioters after the events at Laguna (Salazar) Park

Sheriff’s Deputy armed at the Silver Dollar Café, where Ruben Salazar was shot by a police officer by a 10-inch tear gas projectile in the head on August 29, 1970. Gustav Montag, Lyn Ward, and Jose Diaz were also killed.

Following the rally and the murder of Ruben Salazar, Los Angelites rioted through the streets.

The mural "The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes" is a re-construction of da Vinci's painting "The Last Supper," replacing religious figures with Chicano activists. Artist José Antonio Burciaga polled Chicano students and activists to determine who…

In 1968 the abused, neglected and repressed American-Indian native populations began to fight back against their oppressors. Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), led his people into confrontation with the government and…