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CORKY GONZALES BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE
June 21, 2006 11:24 AM
archivesCORKY GONZALES BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE
MUSIC INTO: In 1969 the Crusade for Justice, a Chicano/Mexicano civil rights organization began a summer freedom school for disempowered Chicano youth in Denver, for whom regular school seemed irrelevant. Heavily involved was Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, an activist who hoped spur pride in Chicano students, and get them more interested in education through the study of Chicano literature and history. Last Saturday Latino activists in Denver celebrated Corky Gonzales' birthday, Claudia Crag has this story. [LISTEN] []
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