LEADER 04978nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910971054203321 005 20250704114952.0 010 $a9781611920505 010 $a1611920507 035 $a(CKB)2670000000185778 035 $a(EBL)3115181 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000652857 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12309250 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652857 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10642754 035 $a(PQKB)11654660 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3115181 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3115181 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555619 035 $a(OCoLC)922965572 035 $a(MiFhGG)9781611920505 035 $a(NyNyDIG)DIGARTEP0008 035 $a(BIP)41425870 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000185778 100 $a20000717d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThey called me "King Tiger" $emy struggle for the land and our rights /$fReies Lopez Tijerina ; translated from the Spanish and edited by Jose Angel Gutierrez ; with a foreword by Henry A.J. Ramos 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHouston, Tex. $cArte Publico Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 225 1 $aHispanic Civil Rights Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781558853027 311 08$a1558853022 327 $a""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Notes"" 330 $aIn this autobiography, Reies Lo?pez 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 Lo?pez Tijerinas visionary autobiography chronicling his activities during a tumultous period in U.S. History. Along with Ce?sar Cha?vez, Rodolfo "Corky Gonzales, and Jose? A?ngel Gutie?rrez, Reies Lo?pez Tijerina was one of the acknowledged major leaders of the 1960s Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement. Of these four, Cha?vez 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 Cha?vez consistently advocated non-violent protest, Lo?pez 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 Lo?pez 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. 410 0$aHispanic Civil Rights Series 606 $aMexican Americans$zNew Mexico$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aMexican Americans$zNew Mexico$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 606 $aLand tenure$zNew Mexico$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights workers$zNew Mexico$vBiography 606 $aMexican Americans$zNew Mexico$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights movements$zNew Mexico$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aNew Mexico$xEthnic relations 615 0$aMexican Americans$xSocial conditions 615 0$aMexican Americans$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aLand tenure$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aMexican Americans 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 676 $a978.9/0046873 700 $aTijerina$b Reies$01815069 701 $aGutierrez$b Jose Angel$0422808 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971054203321 996 $aThey called me "King Tiger"$94369683 997 $aUNINA