04978nam 2200733Ia 450 991097105420332120250704114952.097816119205051611920507(CKB)2670000000185778(EBL)3115181(SSID)ssj0000652857(PQKBManifestationID)12309250(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652857(PQKBWorkID)10642754(PQKB)11654660(MiAaPQ)EBC3115181(Au-PeEL)EBL3115181(CaPaEBR)ebr10555619(OCoLC)922965572(MiFhGG)9781611920505(NyNyDIG)DIGARTEP0008(BIP)41425870(EXLCZ)99267000000018577820000717d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThey called me "King Tiger" my struggle for the land and our rights /Reies Lopez Tijerina ; translated from the Spanish and edited by Jose Angel Gutierrez ; with a foreword by Henry A.J. Ramos1st ed.Houston, Tex. Arte Publico Pressc20001 online resource (254 p.)Hispanic Civil Rights SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.9781558853027 1558853022 ""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Notes""In this autobiography, Reies López Tijerina, writes about his attempts to reclaim land grants, including his taking up arms against the authorities and spending time in the federal prison system. They Called Me "King Tiger" is Reies López Tijerinas visionary autobiography chronicling his activities during a tumultous period in U.S. History. Along with César Chávez, Rodolfo "Corky Gonzales, and José Ángel Gutiérrez, Reies López Tijerina was one of the acknowledged major leaders of the 1960s Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement. Of these four, Chávez and Tijerina were the most connected to, and involved in, grass-roots community organizing, while the latter two were more dedicated to political change. But where Chávez consistently advocated non-violent protest, López Tijerina increasingly turned to militancy. He and his followers even took up arms against the authorities. And of the four, Tijerina was the only one to spend significant time in prison for his acts. Tijerina is also the only member of this historical group to have penned his memoirs, perhaps in an effort to explain the trials and frustrations that brought him and his Federal Land Grant Alliance members to break the law: reclaiming part of a national forest reserve as part of their inheritance; invading and occupying a courthouse, inflicting a gunshot wound on a deputy sheriff in the process; and challenging New Mexico and national authorities at every opportunity. But the acts that placed him in most danger were also the ones that won the hearts and minds of many young Chicano activists. Originally self-published, They Called Me King Tiger is now published as part of the U.S. Hispanic Civil Rights Series. What is clear from López Tijerinas testimony is his sincerity, his years of research on the issues of land grants and civil rights, and his persistent spiritual and political leadership of the disenfranchised descendants of the original colonizers of New Mexico. All of the passion and commitment, as well as the flamboyant rhetoric of the 1960s, is preserved in this recollection of a life dedicated to a cause and transformed by continuous prosecution. They Called Me King Tiger is an historical document of the first order, clarifying the motives and thinking of one of the Chicano Movements now-forgotten martyrs - a man who sought justice for those who have been treated like foreigners on their own soil.Hispanic Civil Rights SeriesMexican AmericansNew MexicoSocial conditions20th centuryMexican AmericansNew MexicoEconomic conditions20th centuryLand tenureNew MexicoHistory20th centuryCivil rights workersNew MexicoBiographyMexican AmericansNew MexicoBiographyCivil rights movementsNew MexicoHistory20th centuryNew MexicoEthnic relationsMexican AmericansSocial conditionsMexican AmericansEconomic conditionsLand tenureHistoryCivil rights workersMexican AmericansCivil rights movementsHistory978.9/0046873Tijerina Reies1815069Gutierrez Jose Angel422808MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971054203321They called me "King Tiger"4369683UNINA