He's considered one of the founders of the modern Chicano movement and by many a martyr. News provided by: April 17, 2008. He contributed a regular, pointed column to the Times, often focusing on L.A.'s Latino community. She points out that one of the stated The website may have been the result of Gutiérrez's semester-long directed research course, but the larger USC Annenberg connection is decades in the making. He was shot with a tear gas canister. . Though Ruben Salazar is recognized for his career as one of the most revered and recognized Latino journalists of the 20th century, less is known about his personal life and the early years leading up to his stint as a reporter, bureau chief and columnist for the Los Angeles Times and his work as the news director for the Spanish-language KMEX television station in L.A. "[Salazar] has been a role model for me when I was an undergraduate student at Cal State L.A. in the early `60s," Gutiérrez says, "when, really, he'd been the only Latino journalist covering Latino issues that I could identify at the time." Fielding that the break-in was made in search of drugs, even though he found Ellsberg’s records removed from their folder.An innocent black man, Elmer Davis, was arrested, convicted, and sent to prison, while Liddy remained silent. Ruben Salazar and Mario T. Garcia, Border Correspondent: Select Writings, 1955-1970, ed.
He indeed was a man ahead of his times, covering the world and the barrio – the explosive Chicano Movement – for However, as far as the documentary goes, what most of us wanted to know was whether, in fact, Salazar was assassinated.
Anytime people rose up to protest inequalities, it was always “outside agitators” stirring up “the natives,” who were at fault.
In life, Ruben Salazar was a prominent and popular newspaper columnist for the In death – and the horrible story of his slaying is A recently posted USC Annenberg and USC Libraries effort sets out to help restore Salazar's humanity. On several occasions, Ruben Salazar took the lead to go undercover and expose what was taking place in the Chicano communities. . There were no legitimate grievances; there were no indigenous revolts, just outside agitators brainwashing and goading the masses. His colleague, Guillermo Restrepo, was telling the world that Salazar had been shot and that they were not removing his body, nor transporting him to a hospital.Our community was also full of fury. Adds Gutiérrez: "He had the career I would have liked to have had. Trailblazing Los Angeles Times Journalist Was First Mexican-American Reporter for Mainstream News Outlet . But after working outside the country, first in Vietnam, then as the Times' Mexico City bureau chief, Salazar's view of his country - and of Mexican Americans' efforts to become part of the white mainstream - began to change.An actor in the film reads from Salazar's journals.BOB NAVARRO: Ruben changed. It was a romance made in Conspiracy Heaven.
Our community was heavily militarized during that era. Here's an excerpt from my autobiography: No wonder Mae Brussell was so excited. He resigned from his prestigious Times reporting job to become news director at KMEX, a Spanish-language station in its infancy.
So too do the experiences and understanding of a new generation of beginning Salazar scholars. After his Army service, Salazar worked as a reporter in various Texas and California cities, before moving to Los Angeles to work for the Los Angeles Times.On camera, his former editor, Bob Thomas, told Rodriguez Salazar resisted one particular beat.BOB THOMAS: He did not want to be confined to Mexican affairs and he fought for that.
Someone was reported to have said: What happened to good old Rube.BATES: Good old Rube wasn't so interested in mainstream acceptance anymore. His browner father hoped he would remember his Mexican roots.
And yet, it failed, as Aug 29 unleashed a volcanic political explosion that simmers to this day.Those of us from that era were not delusional. His ground-breaking journalism, which included coverage of police violence and abuse, was impressive. Death of Rubén Salazar, 1986, oil on canvas by Frank Romero.
Ruben Salazar and Mario T. Garcia, Border Correspondent: Select Writings, 1955-1970, ed. It is still at the center of deeply held belief that he was purposely killed by LA law enforcement.A new documentary explores the life and death of Ruben Salazar.