The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, was a movement of Chicano anti-war activists that built a broad-based but fragile coalition of Mexican-American groups to organize opposition to the Vietnam War. Led by activists from local colleges and members of the "Brown Berets", a group with roots in the high school student movement that staged walkouts in 1968, the coalition peaked with an August 29, 1970 march in East Los Angeles that drew 30,000 demonstrators. A Chicano is a person of Mexican descent born in the United States. ... A Chicano is a person of Mexican descent born in the United States. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies — notably the United States military in support of... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A.) is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States that is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west and north, the cities of Montebello and Monterey Park to the east...

The most lasting impact of the movement was the death of Rubén Salazar, a journalist with the Los Angeles Times and local radio station KMEX known for his reporting on civil rights and police brutality. Salazar was killed by a tear gas canister fired by a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department into the Silver Dollar Café at the conclusion of the August 29 rally, leading some to claim that he had been targeted. While an inquest found that his death was a homicide, the deputy sheriff who fired the shell was not prosecuted. The Los Angeles Times (also LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the western United States. ... KMEX (Channel 34) is a Univision television station affiliate in the Los Angeles area. ... The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department (LASD) serves Los Angeles County, California. ...

The NCMC collapsed in the wake of that rally, which the Los Angeles Police Department broke up, arresting hundreds of demonstrators. The LAPD subsequently infiltrated agent provocateurs into the group and raided its offices. The organization dissolved by 1971. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the City of Los Angeles, California. ... Agent Provocateur is a concept album, their sixth by American/British rock band Foreigner, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

Sources

Rosales, F. Arturo, Chicano! : the history of the Mexican American civil rights movement, Houston, Texas : Arte Público Press, 1997. ISBN 1558852018