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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