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In a roundup of events pertaining the to the fiftieth anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, the Los Angeles Times included an online screening and discussion featuring panelists CSRC director Chon A. Noriega, artist Harry Gamboa, and Los Angeles Times arts writer Carolina Miranda.
CSRC director Chon A. Noriega was quoted in a piece in AL DÍA about the Chicano Moratorum and its relevance to protests today against institutionalized racism. CSRC collections donor and Moratorium leader Rosalio Muñoz was also interviewed for the story.
Telemundo reported on the fiftieth anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium with segment featuring images from CSRC collections and interviews with CSRC librarian and archivist Xaviera Flores and Moratorium leaders and CSRC collections donors Moctesuma Esparza and Rosalio Muñoz. Watch the segment here.
In a roundup of events pertaining the to the fiftieth anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, the Los Angeles Times included an online screening and discussion featuring panelists CSRC director Chon A. Noriega, artist Harry Gamboa, and Los Angeles Times arts writer Carolina Miranda.
Lupe Anguiano, Chicana feminist and activist and CSRC collections donor, was profiled in USA Today's "Womankind" series. The publication created a video paying tribute to Anguiano's life and work and featuring images from the CSRC. To watch the video, click here.
In a weekly roundup of upcoming events, LAist included the online screening event "Chicano Moratorium 50th Anniversary (1970-2020)" organized by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in partnership with the CSRC. CSRC director Chon A. Noriega hosted the post-screening discussion.
Agustín Gurza, writer and editor of the blog on Strachwitz Frontera Collection website, was interviewed on the National Public Radio (NPR) program "All Things Considered" about his post on collectors' interest in store stickers on records and the history they reveal. Listen to the story here.
On August 14, the organization Empowering Latino Futures announced the finalists for the 2020 International Latino Book Awards. Three books from CSRC Press were selected.
An op-ed in the Daily Bruin referred to the CSRC and the three other UCLA ethnic studies research centers as resources for students interested in learning the history of racial justice efforts at UCLA and advancing social justice in the future.
Images from the La Raza Photograph Collection at the CSRC were used to illustrate this story about the Brown Beret's three-week occupation of Catalina Island in August 1972.