Carlos Montes oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Alhambra, California, 2016 June 27

Carlos Montes, founding member of the Brown Berets, talks about his decades-long involvement and activism in the Brown Berets, the Brown Power movement, MEChA, the East L.A. blowouts, the Chicano moratorium against the Vietnam War, the anti-Iraq war protests, his political persecution at the hands o...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Subjects:
Chicano movement
Civil disobedience
Civil rights demonstrations > California
Civil rights movements > California
Civil rights movements > United States
Civil rights workers > California > Interviews
Mexican American students > Political activity
Mexican Americans > Civil rights
Montes, Carlos, > 1947 > -Interviews
National Brown Beret Organization
Poor People's Campaign
Sanchez, David
Tijerina, Reies
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Hispanic Americans
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements
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Summary:Carlos Montes, founding member of the Brown Berets, talks about his decades-long involvement and activism in the Brown Berets, the Brown Power movement, MEChA, the East L.A. blowouts, the Chicano moratorium against the Vietnam War, the anti-Iraq war protests, his political persecution at the hands of federal and local authorities. He recounts participating in the inter-racial coalition that occupied the Mall in Washington, DC, for the Poor People's Campaign (1968), and the ways in which that experience opened up the consciousness of the Brown Berets to the global struggle against class oppression and imperialism. He talks about the circumstances of his arrest on arson charges in 1969, and having to flee the country in the face of relentless, racist persecution of himself and other Chicano activists. He recalls community action programs and events that challenged the Brown Power movement.