Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1925, Dec. 12 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
1946 | Graduated, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. |
1947-1954 | Worked for the United Nations as a translator and later as a researcher and office administrator |
1956-1958 | Administrative assistant, Photography Department of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y. |
1958-1964 | Editor, Simon and Schuster, New York, N.Y. |
1964 | Books and art editor, The Nation Participated in the Mississippi Summer Project |
1965 | Edited, Letters from Mississippi. New York: McGraw Hill |
1965-1967 | Member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and also served as administrative secretary of the New York Office |
1968-1973 | Founding editor of El Grito del Norte, a bilingual movement newspaper |
1973 | Founded the Chicano Communications Center, Albuquerque, N. Mex., and served as director until 1976 |
1976 | Moved to California and joined the Democratic Workers Party |
1982 | Ran for governor of California on the Peace and Freedom Ticket Party |
1997 | Co-founded the Institute for MultiRacial Justice, San Francisco, Calif. |
2004 | Served on the advisory board for the group 2004 Racism Watch |