Humberto corona biography books
Bert Corona
Humberto N. Corona | |
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Corona in 1997 | |
| Born | (1918-05-29)May 29, 1918 |
| Died | January 15, 2001(2001-01-15) (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Mexican-American |
| Occupation(s) | Labor movement and civil rights leader |
Humberto Noé Corona (May 29, 1918 – January 15, 2001) was an American labor and civil rights leader.
Throughout his long career, he worked with nearly every major Mexican-American organization, founding or co-founding several. He organized workers for the Congress of Industrial Organizations and fought on the behalf of immigrants.
GUIDE TO CORONA, BERT ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1937-1995
By the time of the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, he was known as El Viejo ("the Old Man"), and was well-known and respected as a veteran activist.
Family background
Corona's father Noé Corona was a commander in Francisco Villa's División del Norte during the Mexican Revolution, which he joined after members of his family were killed in a massacre at Tomochic, Chihuahua.
Noé Corona was an anarcho Memories of Chicano History by Mario García - Paper BIB