Chuco Movement, Black Panthers & Malcolm X · Denver Civil Rights Elder Speaks Out
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0:00AWhen you see a wrong and you want to make it a right, you know, and it was sort of fun. But the movement sort of died out.
0:11BYeah.
0:12AAnd that’s where I sort of entered into this. But I was very active. Like I said, I told you, I worked with Crusade for Justice. I worked with the Black Panthers. I worked with all the All the various organizations. I knew Jesse Jackson, I knew Malcolm X, I knew everybody. Okay? I’m an old fart.
0:35BYou said this was a continuation of the Chicano movement? And the Chicano movement, what was like the goal of the Chicano movement? What was the goal?
0:45ATo elevate the Chicano people and stop the discrimination and elevate them to an equal position in life. As a wife. That’s what the child was about.
1:05BAnd this place is a continuation of that tradition and those ambitions?
1:08AIn a way.
1:09BThat’s a beautiful thing.
1:11AYeah.
1:12BOkay, well, now my platform will be too, huh?
