In August 29th, 1970 I joined the National Chicano Moratorium because we as Hispanic Americans were treated unfairly just because our ancestors and parents were born in Mexico. We wanted change and we wanted to be included in politics, education opportunities, and respect. That day we came out to the streets of east Los Angeles to protest for our needed benefits. Around 30,000 came from different directions in east Los Angeles and marched in opposition of the war in Vietnam. The march was especially motivated by the high fatality rate among Chicano soldiers, the march was going well but it was interrupted by law enforcement agencies with a violent attack on the crowd which several persons were killed, including a times reporter from Los Angeles named Ruben Salazar, who wrote fully about the Mexican American community.
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