Chicano

Art created in 1976 and 1977 at the Mechicano Art Center in Highland Park by (from left) Carlos Almaraz, Guillermo Bejarano and Judithe Hernandez | Photos from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, image courtesy of Highland Park Heritage Trust

City commission recognizes the Chicano heritage of Highland Park

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The Mechicano Art Center, as it looked in the 1970s, was located on Figueroa Street at Avenue 54. City officials will decide this week whether to designate the building a historic-cultural monument. | Photo by Oscar Castillo/pinterest.dk

Speaking up for Highland Park’s Chicano heritage

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Remembering the Chicano Moratorium, 1970

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