• Reies López Tijerina (September 21, 1926 – January 19, 2015), was an activist who led a struggle in the 1960s and 1970s to restore New Mexican land grants...
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  • Marco Aurelio Martínez Tijerina (1964/65–2010), Mexican journalist Reies Tijerina (1926–2015), American activist Tano Tijerina (born 1974), American rancher...
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    while also calling for Black–Brown unity. Leaders such as César Chávez, Reies Tijerina, and Rodolfo Gonzales learned strategies of resistance and worked with...
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  • called The Sinola Courthouse Raid, it was about a character inspired by Reies Tijerina, an ardent supporter of Robert F. Kennedy, known for storming a courthouse...
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  • his work with the Crusade for Justice, Davies was asked to represent Reies Tijerina on Federal trespassing and vandalism at Echo Amphitheater in New Mexico...
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    English translates to Federal Land Grant Alliance, was a group led by Reies Tijerina based in New Mexico in the 1960s that fought for the land rights of...
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    speakers, including H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Corky Gonzales, and Reies Tijerina. Because it became a popular place for young Chicanos to socialize and...
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    New York coordinator and co-organizer of the Poor People's Embassy. Reies Tijerina, of New Mexico, was a leader of land grant rights efforts in the Chicano...
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    Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance of Land Grants), led by Reies Tijerina, was founded in 1963 with the objective of reclaiming the land given...
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    Judiciary, shared by activists such as Angela Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, and Reies Tijerina, and his activities was deemed "anti-establishment, anti-white, and...
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  • a pioneer youth conference in 1967, the conference was called by Reies Lopez Tijerina. The party gained immense support in Texas by 1970, and began spreading...
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    Angeles County, hoping to replace the gang life with the Brown Berets. Reies Tijerina, who was a vocal claimant to the rights of Latin Americans and Mexican...
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    activist, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) official Reies Tijerina 1926 2015  United States Hispano activist Jackie Forster 1926 1998  United...
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    Register of Historic Places. The Alianza Federal de Mercedes, led by Reies Tijerina, raided the Rio Arriba County Courthouse in 1967. Attempting to make...
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    era. The early heroes of the movement—Rodolfo Gonzales in Denver and Reies Tijerina in New Mexico—adopted a historical account of the preceding hundred...
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    Literary Award (1998) Daniela Tarazona Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize; Reies Tijerina Jaime Torres Bodet National Prize; Julio Torri Xavier Velasco Alfaguara...
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  • The Black Panther. The tabloid was originally the publication of the Reies Tijerina's Alianza Federal de Mercedes, an organization dedicated to recovering...
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  • segregation. 1963: The Federal Alliance of Free Towns was founded by Reies Lopez Tijerina in 1963. Its ultimate goal was to regain lands awarded by the Spanish...
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  • 1960s and early 1970s. The party was formed in 1968 by supporters of Reies Tijerina and his Alianza Federal de Mercedes, who was active in the Chicano Movement...
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  • Swingle, singer-songwriter and conductor (Les Double Six) (b. 1927) Reies Tijerina, pastor and activist (b. 1926) January 21 Marcus Borg, scholar, theologian...
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  • Amarilla Land Grant. In 1967, the Alianza Federal de Mercedes, led by Reies Tijerina, raided the Rio Arriba County Courthouse. The objective was to make...
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  • governance, education and means of production". For example, in the 1970s, Reies Tijerina and his group La Alianza, espoused various separatist, secessionist...
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    attempted "citizen's arrest" of officials was inspired by the 1967 Reies Tijerina courthouse raid, in which protesters supporting land redistribution...
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  • Albuquerque to practice law in 1960. In 1967 he was one of Chicano activist Reies Tijerina Lopez's defense lawyers. Franchini was appointed judge in the Second...
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  • rise of the Civil Right's movement, González's sat in the trial of Reies Tijerina as part of a high school field trip. This interaction left an impression...
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    Maestes was the nominee of the People's Constitutional Party. He replaced Reies Tijerina, who was denied ballot access due to his status as a convicted felon...
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  • annual pledge to $1 in protest of the church's financial support of Reies Tijerina. He died on March 14, 1984, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was buried...
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    proponents of the movement — Rodolfo Gonzales in Denver, Colorado and Reies Tijerina in New Mexico — adopted a historical account of the preceding hundred...
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    Guadalupe Hidalgo, (especially land grants and bilingual education) under Reies Tijerina, and for recognition of the historic contributions of Mexican-Americans...
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  • 1969, Givens was the president and the board included Chicano activist Reies Tijerina, native activist Tillie Walker, and Black Panther Mark Comfort. By 1971...
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