Corky gonzales biography
Corky gonzales biography
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Rodolfo Gonzales
Mexican American boxer, poet, and political activist
Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales[1] (June 18, 1928 – April 12, 2005) was a Mexican-American[2]boxer, poet, political organizer, and activist.[3] He was one of many leaders for the Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado.
The Crusade for Justice was an urban rights and Chicano cultural urban movement during the 1960s focusing on social, political, and economic justice for Chicanos.[4] Gonzales convened the first-ever Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in 1968, which was poorly attended due to timing and weather conditions.
He tried again in March 1969, and established what is commonly known as the First Chicano Youth Liberation Conference.[4] This conference was attended by many future Chicano activists and artists.[5] It also birthed the Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, a pro-indigenist manifesto advocating revolutionary Chicano nationalism and self-determ