Sep 3, 2020
Recent mural by 3B Collective commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, a broad-based coalition of groups raising awareness of the Vietnam War as a civil rights issue: Mexican-Americans were dying in disproportionate numbers in the war. The movement’s march along Whittier Blvd on August 29, 1970 reportedly drew 30,000 people, was met with a violent response from the LAPD, and led to the death of acclaimed journalist Ruben Salazar under suspicious circumstances. Mural location: 4840 Whittier Blvd, East Los Angeles.
