"One of the most famous leaders of the Chicano civil rights movement, Rodolfo ""Corky"" Gonzales was a multifaceted and charismatic, bigger-than-life hero who inspired his followers not only by taking direct political action but also by making eloquent speeches, writing incisive essays, and creating the kind of socially engaged poetry and drama that could be communicated easily through the barrios of Aztlán, populated by Chicanos in the United States.
Gonzales is the author of I Am Joaquín, an epic poem of the Chicano movement that lives on in film, sound recording, and hundreds of anthologies. Gonzales and other Chicanos established the Crusade for Justice, a Denver-based civil rights organization, school, and community center, in 1966. The school, La Escuela Tlatelolco, lives on today almost four decades after its founding.
In Message to Aztlán, Dr. Antonio Esquibel, Professor Emeritus of Metropolitan State College of Denver, has compiled the first collection of Gonzales' diverse writings: the original I Am Joaquín (1976), along with a new Spanish translation, seven major speeches (1968-78)
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedicated
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Editor’s Note
- Introduction
- Corky As an Influential Writer
- Message to Aztlán
- Personal Background, Boxing and Political Careers
- Corky’s Writings
- Notes
- Chapter I. Epic Poem
- Yo soy Joaquín: Un poema épico, 2000
- I Am Joaquín: an Epic Poem, 1967
- Chapter II. Seven Major Speeches
- El Plan del Barrio
- Arizona State University Speech
- Manteniendo una dirección positivapara el Movimiento Chicano
- Algunos resultados
- Más trabajo y menos retórica
- Minoría contra minoría
- Un Verso Indio (Anónimo)
- Maintaining a Positive Directionfor the Chicano Movement
- Some Worthwhile Results
- More Work and Less Rhetoric
- Minority Against Minority
- An Indian Verse (Anónimo)
- Speech Delivered at the La Raza Unida National Convention
- Message to Aztlán
- The Critics
- The Políticos
- The Campesinos
- The Police
- The Educator
- Artists and Writers
- The Workers
- The Guerrillas
- The Students
- The People
- Colorado Springs Bicentennial Speech of July 4, 1976
- The Past-Present-Future of the Chicano Movement, 1978
- Chapter III. Two Plays
- The Revolutionist
- Characters in the Play
- Act I-Scene One
- Act I-Scene Two
- Act I-Scene Three
- Act II-Scene One
- Act II-Scene Two
- Act II-Scene Three
- Act II-Scene Four
- Act II-Scene Five
- A Cross for Maclovio
- Cast of Characters
- Act I-Scene One
- Act I-Scene Two
- Act I-Scene Three
- Act I-Scene Four
- Act II-Scene One
- Act II-Scene Two
- Act II-Scene Three
- Chapter IV. Poetry
- La Escuela y Colegio Tlatelolco
- The Founding of Tlatelolco
- Tlatelolco’s Educational Philosophy
- Physical Plant
- Chapter V. Correspondence
- Editorial
- El Gallo
- A Message to the Democratic Party
- Western Union Telegram Sent to:Tomás y Berta Rodríguez
- Letter to Reies López Tijerina
- Discurso al Congreso de la Tierra
- I. La tierra y su relación a nuestra gente y al movimiento
- II. La unidad basada en el concepto filosófico
- III. La responsabilidad
- IV. Las metas
- Message to el Congreso on Landand Cultural Reform
- I. Land and Its Relationship to Our People and the Movement
- II. Unity Based on Philosophical Concept
- III. Responsibility
- IV. Goals
- Letter to the Editor
- “We Will Endure”
- Chapter VI. Photos
- Chapter VII. Selected Bibliography
- Books
- Booklets/Pamphlets/Newsletters
- Dissertations/Theses
- Films/Videos
- Interviews
- Articles
- Newspapers
- Government Documents
- Unpublished Documents/Letters
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