The Crusade for Justice: Chicano Militancy and the Government's War on DissentThis account of the Chicano movement in 1960s Denver reveals the intolerance and brutality that inspired and accompanied the organization known as the Crusade for Justice. The author, a former member of the Crusade, reveals the damaging effects of the authorities on ethnic liberation movements. |
Contents
Rodolfo Gonzales Crusade for Justice | 3 |
The Advent of the Crusade for Justice | 18 |
The Poor Peoples Campaign | 54 |
Youth Activism and the Crusades New Headquarters | 64 |
School Protests and Youth Liberation | 81 |
Militancy and Counterreaction | 110 |
East Los Angeles August 29 1970 | 133 |
Education Elections Parks and Prison Activism | 160 |
The March 17 | 209 |
The Crusade AIM and Leonard Peltier | 275 |
Conflicts Deaths and Indictments 19731974 | 288 |
The Conspiracy Case Against John Haro | 306 |
The System Weathers the Storm | 328 |
Witch Hunts and Grand Juries | 347 |
Sliding Backwards | 364 |
Notes | 385 |
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