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                   Rudolpho "Corky" Gonzales

   In Denver, CO in 1928, Chicano Movement leader Rudolpho "Corky" Gonzales was born.  He literally fought his way out from under the oppression facing Chicanos, in her ealry years as an NAAU bantam lightweight boxing champion. 
 
In 1960 he campaigned for John F. Kennedy and eventually organized "Crusade for Justice," championing the rights of Latinos and Native Americans in the 60's and 70's.  He led a contingency to the Poor Peoples March on Washington DC in 1968.  His "plan of the Barrio" called for better housing, restitution for pueblo lands, and education.  Corky even organized the Annual Chicano Youth Liberation Conference.  By 1970, he founded Escuela Tlatelolco, an elementary and secondary school for Chicano students, which is still run by his daughter, Nita.
 
Rudolpho is most well known for his 1965 poem, I am Joaquin/Yo soy Joaquin, which paints the picture of the historic struggles of Mexican Americans in the United States.
 
Rudolpho "Corky" Gonzales died in his Denver home, April 11, 2005.