Life :
Life Born June 18, 1928 in Denver, Colorado
Died April 1, 2005 in Denver, Colorado
Parents: Federico and Indalesia Gonzales
Youngest of eight children
Graduated from Manual High School at age 16
Inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1988 for a successful boxing career
Accomplishments :
Accomplishments Wrote epic poem - “I am Joaquin”
In 1972, keynote speaker La Raza Unida Party national convention, El Paso Texas
Led the Poor People’s March on Washington D.C
An organizer of the Annual
Chicano Youth Liberation
Conference
Bibliography :
Bibliography Wikepedia.org – “Rodolfo Gonzales”