Help Build Up the La Raza Archive

Artbound "La Raza" is a KCETLink production in association with the Autry Museum of the American West and UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.

In partnership with the Chicano Studies Research Center, KCET is asking for your help in building a more robust archive. Do you know anything about the photos below? Click left or right to view the images and leave your comments below!

The 1960s and 70s were turbulent times. In those years, a group of intrepid young activists took over 25,000 images for the community newspaper-turned-magazine La Raza. Their photographs created a precious archive of the times through a Chicanx perspective. These photos now exist at UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center, but not every photo has valuable information on them such as: where were they taken, who were in the photos and what was happening in the image.

California State University, Los Angeles Zapata Power Conference | Raul Ruiz, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

East Los Angeles College Demonstration | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Bride and groom | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Anti-war protest during President Nixon's visit to Los Angeles | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Ricardo Chavez Ortiz demonstration in front of the United States Courthouse | Manuel Barrera Jr., La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Man with a camera | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Children singing | Pedro Arias, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

A group of children | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Children holding signs at the demonstration against the death of Carlos Martinez in front of the LAPD Hollenbeck Police Station | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People in a theatrical performance | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People in a theatrical performance | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Performance at a teatro festival | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Children in a performance | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Women at CASA Immigration March | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Facade of Club Social y Deportive Campestre in Mexico | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Protest for mental helath funds outside of the Western Printing and Lithographic Company in Los Angeles | Manuel Barrera Jr., La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Hazard Park demonstration | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Women in a Los Angeles hair salon | Devra Weber, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Women demonstrate against the Big Buy Market in East Los Angeles | Devra Weber, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Demonstration spurred by the lack of Latinos in the industry and negative depictions in film | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Conchita Thronton with a group at a Pico Gardens and Aliso Village Traffic Light Demonstration | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Protesters at a demonstration | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Raul Ruiz speaks at a La Raza Unida meeting | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

A person with writing on their fist | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Daniel Zapata and others at a La Raza staff party | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People, including Brown Berets members, sit on lawn | Daniel Zapata, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Bride and groom pose for a photograph at the Church of Epiphany | Raul Ruiz, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Boy stands next to mural on bleachers in City Terrace | Manuel Barrera, Jr., La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Bride and groom pose for Eliezer Risco's wedding day | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Man raises fist while walking through a courthouse | Raul Ruiz, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Women walking down the street in Cuba | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

LAPD officers confront protesters at police brutality march | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Man holds sign | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Woman protests at Million Dollar Theater | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People at a theater production | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Boy on a motorcycle | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Man speaks at a demonstration at USC Gould School of Law | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Man speaks at a community meeting in East Los Angeles | Manuel Barrera, Jr., La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Man plays guitar during La Raza Unida community meeting | Manuel Barrera, Jr., La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Raul Ruiz speaks during La Raza Unida Party event | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

A group of people in a courtroom | Manuel Barrera, Jr., La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People in an anti-Somoza protest in Los Angeles | Manuel Barrera, Jr., La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Protesting outside a Los Angeles Board of Education meeting at Albion Street Elementary School | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

A May Day demonstration | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

A May Day demonstration | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People atop a tank during Mexican Independence Day | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

A meeting | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People carry signs at Ricardo Chavez Ortiz support march | Raul Ruiz, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People carry signs at Ricardo Chavez Ortiz support march | Raul Ruiz, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

People during a demonstration in support of the grape boycott | Sixto Tarango, La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

SPANISH TRANSLATION

Los 1960s y 70s fueron tiempos turbulentos. En esos años, un grupo de activistas intrépidos tomaron más de 25,000 imagenes para el periódico que se convirtió la revista llamada La Raza. Sus fotografias crearon un archivo importante de la época, desde el punto de vista Chicanx. Ahora estas fotos son guardadas en el Chicano Studies Research Center de UCLA pero todas las fotos tienen información valuable, por ejemplo: donde fueron tomadas, quien fue fotografiado y que estaba sucediendo cuando fueron tomadas.

Ahora, en asociación con el Chicano Studies Research Center de UCLA, KCET pide tu ayuda en identificar unas de estas fotos para proveer información adicional. Sabes algo de las fotos incluidas aquí? Haz click a la izquierda o derecha para ver las imagenes y deja tus comentarios abajo!

Top Image: Man with words written on his fist | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center