Category Archives: Activist Profiles
50 Years Later, the Story of a Dream
Former UAW leader Hank Lacayo participated in the historic March on Washington in August 1963. Continue reading
Edward Roybal for California Lt. Governor in 1954
Edward R. Roybal, the first Mexican American to serve on the Los Angeles City Council in modern times, also held the distinction of being the first Latino to serve as a major party nominee for statewide office in California in 1954. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, California, Elected Officials, Unions
Tagged California Democratic Council, CSO, ILGWU, Pat Brown, Roybal
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Judge Harold R. Medina
Judge Harold Medina became famous not for being the first Mexican American judge in modern history, but for a single high-profile trial. He presided over Dennis v. United States (1949), which grew out of the indictment of a dozen top leaders of the Communist Party USA. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, Books, Northeast
Tagged Communist Party, Eisenhower, FDR, JFK, Truman
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