Juan Valdez (activist)

Juan Valdez (1938 – August 25, 2012) was an activist of Spanish and indigenous descent and an advocate for land-grant rights. He fired the first shot during a 1967 New Mexico courthouse raid that seized international attention and helped spark the Chicano Movement.

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