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Border Correspondent - Selected Writings, 1955-1970 (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,270
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Border Correspondent - Selected Writings, 1955-1970 (Paperback): Ruben Salazar

Border Correspondent - Selected Writings, 1955-1970 (Paperback)

Ruben Salazar; Edited by Mario T Garc ia

Series: Latinos in American Society and Culture, 6

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This first major collection of former Los Angeles Times reporter and columnist Ruben Salazar's writings, is a testament to his pioneering role in the Mexican American community, in journalism, and in the evolution of race relations in the U.S. Taken together, the articles serve as a documentary history of the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and of the changing perspective of the nation as a whole. Since his tragic death while covering the massive Chicano antiwar moratorium in Los Angeles on August 29, 1970, Ruben Salazar has become a legend in the Chicano community. As a reporter and later as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Salazar was the first journalist of Mexican American background to cross over into the mainstream English-language press. He wrote extensively on the Mexican American community and served as a foreign correspondent in Latin America and Vietnam. This first major collection of Salazar's writing is a testament to his pioneering role in the Mexican American community, in journalism, and in the evolution of race relations in the United States. Taken together, the articles serve as a documentary history of the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and of the changing perspective of the nation as a whole. Border Correspondent presents selections from each period of Salazar's career. The stories and columns document a growing frustration with the Kennedy administration, a young Cesar Chavez beginning to organize farm workers, the Vietnam War, and conflict between police and community in East Los Angeles. One of the first to take investigative journalism into the streets and jails, Salazar's first-hand accounts of his experiences with drug users and police, ordinary people and criminals, make compelling reading. Mario Garcia's introduction provides a biographical sketch of Salazar and situates him in the context of American journalism and Chicano history. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

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Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Latinos in American Society and Culture, 6
Release date: June 2018
First published: 1996
Authors: Ruben Salazar
Editors: Mario T Garc ia
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-30106-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > From 1900 > Reportage & collected journalism
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LSN: 0-520-30106-4
Barcode: 9780520301061

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