A Clamor for Equality: Emergence and Exile of Californio Activist Francisco P. R

A Clamor for Equality by Paul Bryan Gray, Gordon Morris Bakken

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Description A biography of the first civil rights activist in Los Angeles, a brilliant eighteen-year-old Mexican-American, Francisco P. Ramrez, published a Spanish-language newspaper, El Clamor Pblico, from 1855 to 1859.

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A dramatic response to American racism occurred in Los Angeles during 1855 when eighteen-year-old Francisco P. Ramírez published a Spanish-language newspaper, El Clamor Público. Ramírez called upon a Mexican American majority to seize control of their destiny by electing themselves to public office.Ramírez was a radical liberal in a town controlled by white conservative Southerners with antebellum values. Nevertheless, from 1855 to 1859, he railed against slavery and ridiculed those in Los Angeles who supported it. His demands for Mexican equality, the abolition of slavery, free elections, and education for women were well ahead of his time. He was the first civil rights activist in Los Angeles. In December 1859 El Clamor Público bankrupted for lack of popular support. For three decades afterward Ramírez was involved in every major political and social movement of his day. He continued to champion equality and civil rights as a San Francisco newspaper editor and the only Mexican American lawyer in Los Angeles.

Author Biography

Paul Bryan Gray, a California lawyer and historian, was honoured in 2001 with the Historical Society of Southern California's Donald H. Pflueger Award for distinguished research and writing, in connection with Forster vs. Pico: The Struggle for the Rancho Santa Margarita. Gordon Morris Bakken teaches American history at California State University, Fullerton. He is the author of twenty books as well as numerous articles and law reviews, book chapters and encyclopaedia entries, and book reviews.

Details ISBN 0896727637 ISBN-13 9780896727632 Title A Clamor for Equality Author Paul Bryan Gray, Gordon Morris Bakken Format Hardcover Year 2012 Pages 408 Publisher Texas Tech Press,U.S. GE_Item_ID:45428079; About Us

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