Border Correspondent

Selected Writings, 1955-1970

Author: Ruben Salazar
Secondary Author: Mario T. García
ISBN: 0520201256

This first major collection of former Los Angeles Times reporter and columnist Ruben Salazar's writings, is a testament to his pioneering role in the Mexican American community, in journalism, and in the evolution of race relations in the U.S. Taken together, the articles serve as a documentary history of the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and of the changing perspective of the nation as a whole.Since his tragic death while covering the massive Chicano antiwar moratorium in Los Angeles on August 29, 1970, Ruben Salazar has become a legend in the Chicano community. As a reporter and later as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Salazar was the first journalist of Mexican American background to cross over into the mainstream English-language press. He wrote extensively on the Mexican American community and served as a foreign correspondent in Latin America and Vietnam. This first major collection of Salazar's writing is a testament to his pioneering role in the Mexican American communit

Publisher: University of California Press
Publish Date: 1995

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall D, Shelf 2), Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall D, Shelf 2), Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall D, Shelf 2)