Anthologized, historical perspective of actions of the Chicano Movement in Pueblo, Colorado.

Ramon Del Castillo demonstrates a social interconnectedness that spans the country, of how not only the Chicana and Chicano community, but also other communities, express the basic human desire and expectation to be able to live their lives fully, affirming their own cultures.--Back cover.

Meet Freddie Freak Trujillo--a man of the 1970s Chicano Movement Days in Boulder, Colorado. He is a self-made man who pulled himself out of a pit of addiction to alcohol and prescribed barbiturates to participate in many of the historic moments of the times. His book, told in his own colloquial voice, describes his family, the choices he made, the learning he pursued in media, and the way he was able to collect print, audio, and video materials of...

This thesis, Reclaiming Aztlan: Southern Colorado and Chicano Activism of the 1970s is an historical examination of events that occurred in Colorado during the Chicano Rights Movement when the local Mexican American population organized and clashed with the Anglo establishment in an effort to better their communities. This work describes how Chicanos in southern Colorado lobbied to maintain historic land rights in the San Luis Valley and, more importantly,...