2010.54.428
Justice for Ricardo Chavez Ortiz
1973
22 in HIGH x 15.75 in WIDE
(55.88 cm HIGH x 40.00 cm WIDE)
(55.88 cm HIGH x 40.00 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.428
Poster has a black and white image in the center of a man's head. The man has dark hair and the image is mottled near his chin and eyes. The poster reads in black, "Justice for Ricardo Chavez Ortiz P.O. Box 33255 L.A. 90033/ Educacion, Justicia y Libertad."
Chavez Ortiz was a Mexican national who hijacked a Frontier Airlines 737 jet from Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1972 as a way to get a public attention about injustices suffered by the Chicano community. [LMC]
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