Amy Nathan Wright
Contributor
Contributor Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice.
Primary Contributions (1)
Reies Tijerina was an American radical and civil rights activist who led a land-grant movement in northern New Mexico from 1956 to 1976. Dubbed “King Tiger” and “the Malcolm X of the Chicano Movement,” Tijerina organized hundreds of Chicanos to demand repatriation of land confiscated by Anglo…
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