1993 UCLA Chicano Studies Hunger Strike Fine Art Collection

In 1993, eight students, one high school student, and one faculty member protested Chancellor Charles E. Young's rejection of establishing a Chicana/o Studies Department by engaging in student activism via 14 days of civil disobedience, and a non-violent hunger strike on the UCLA campus, resulting in the eventual creation of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies in 2007.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest, similar to “bird family” logo for the 1970s television series "The Partridge Family" a large white protest art/banner reads: "Hunger Strike" with depiction of a dove and a clenched fist, on the grounds of UCLA campus on Dickson Court South in 1993. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA Hunger Strike campus, Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest, large protest art/canvas painting of Mexican President Benito Juárez. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest, a large protest art canvas painting of 1910 Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata during student activism. Shot Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest, large protest art/canvas painting of Mexican American United Farm Workers labor leader Cesar Chavez. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South student activism, student protest, tied between two trees, alongside a wall pertaining to Schoenberg Music Building, a red protest art/banner that reads: "Educacion or Death! Venceremos Sol" with a depiction of a yellow sun and Che Guevara, demonstrating student activism. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm, film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, Like Father, Like Son, student activism, student protest at the steps of Schoenberg Music Building, student activists, professors and local Los Angeles community members gather at night to protest. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
(Sal Castro) Salvador B. Castro a legendary Mexican-American educator and activist, who led the 1968 high school walkouts in East Los Angeles, speaks on the UCLA campus in 1993 in Dickson Court South, at the steps of Schoenberg Music Building, alongside a show of student activism, student protest, student activists, professors and Los Angeles community members, at night, protesting Chancellor Charles E. Young's decision to close the Chicana/o Studies Department, shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film. Side note, this image was selected by Google for their 4-image Google Knowledge Panel.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, at the steps of Schoenberg Music Building, student activism, student protest, traditional Mexican Folklorico dancers, or baile folklórico pairs dance in colorful dress attire for student activist, professors and local Los Angeles community members gathered for night protest, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, at the steps of Schoenberg Music Building, student activism, student protest, traditional Mexican Folklorico dance, or baile folklórico a couple dances in colorful dress attire for student activist, professors and local Los Angeles community members gathered for night protest, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, at the steps of Schoenberg Music Building, student activism, student protest, professors and local Los Angeles community members watch local students dance in pairs at the night protest. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, night protest, student activism, student protest, a protest Art Installation of a wooden casket, with a letter and flyer on top that reads: " The Chicano Movement Wants You!" surrounded by blue, yellow, red and white flowers, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest, day, protestors in a moving pickup truck holding a Mexican flag in front of Kaplan Hall, white spectator witnesses the truck passing by on Portola Plaza, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, student activism, student protest, multiple tents, base camp for all students, protestors and hunger strikers on Dickson Court South, day, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, multiple tents on Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest, hunger strikers being lead-out of base camp in wheelchairs. protected by locked armed community organizers/student guards/protestors, day, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, multiple tents on Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest, hunger strikers being lead-up grassy incline from base camp on wheelchairs. Protected by red armband, locked arms organizers/student guards/protestors, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day, student activism, student protest, hunger strikers being lead-up grassy incline from base camp on wheelchairs. Protected by red armbands (brassard), locked arms organizers/student guards/protestors, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest at Schoenberg Music Building in the background, hunger strikers being led from base camp on wheelchairs to podium/altar. Protected by locked arms organizers/student guards/protestors. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day, student activism, student protest, hunger strikers being lead-up grassy incline from base camp in wheelchairs to podium/altar. Protected by locked arms organizers/student guards/protestors, black and white. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day, student activism, student protest, tied on to the Schoenberg Music Building, a large white protest art/banner that reads: "The University is OURS!" with a raised fist in the air, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, student activism, student protest, protest art/banner of a Mexican flag, with a graffiti depiction of a snake with the head being marked as "Chucky Young", referencing Chancellor Charles E. Young as the Mexican eagle devours the snake in the emblem of the Mexican flag on a blue background, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day, a large crowd of student activism, student protest, locked armed, fists in air, Mexica dance group, many banners and Mexican flags, community organizers/student guards/protestors gather to hear the outcome of the hunger strike and protest, Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day, a large crowd of student activism, student protest, community organizers, student guards, protestors gather, sitting, many with banners, including a banner of La Virgen de Guadalupe, to hear the outcome of the hunger strike and protest. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day. a large crowd of student activism, student protest, Mexica dance group with visible Mexica plume headdress, with poster art of Cesar Chavez commissioned by Jane Fonda, surrounded by multiple Mexican Flags and a large presence of Los Angeles community organizers, protestors, and students to bear witness to the outcome of the now-historic hunger strike and protest. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day. A Large crowd of student activism, student protest and a large presence of the Los Angeles community organizers, protestors, and students gather to bear witness the outcome of the now-historic hunger strike and protest. Multiple banners and one large Mexican Flag hovers over the anxious crowd. Shot on Canon EOS 630, 35mm film, black and white. Side note: Google's Artificial Intelligence selected this image for their Google Image thumbnail for the Hunger Strike in their Images Section under the search search query "1993 UCLA campus".
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day. Student activism and student protest caught the attention of Dolores Huerta, American labor leader and feminist activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, who is with Joaquin Manual Ochoa a Ucla alumni hunger striker in a wheelchair after fasting for more than 10 days. Ochoa is being interviewed by a local journalist, microphone raised in front of base camp with a large circle of supporters around them all. Ochoa is accompanied by a female wearing a Pendleton women's flannel shirt and a male, who is holding Ochoa's wheelchair. Ochoa is also wearing a traditional long sarape with a Native American design and a baseball cap with the embroidered words: "Barrio Warrior" Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day. Perloff Hall and Bunche Hall off in the distance. A large crowd of student activism, student protest along with a large presence of Los Angeles community organizers, protestors, and students gather to bear witness the outcome of the now-historic hunger strike and protest. Multiple banners and Mexican Flags hover over the anxious crowd. Shot on Canon EOS 630, 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day. Student activism and student protest caught the attention of Dolores Huerta, American labor leader and feminist activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, who is with Joaquin Manual Ochoa a Ucla alumni hunger striker in a wheelchair after fasting for more than 10 days. Ochoa is being interviewed by a local journalist, microphone raised in front of base camp with a large circle of supporters around them all. Ochoa is accompanied by a female wearing a Pendleton women's flannel shirt and a male, who is holding Ochoa's wheelchair. Ochoa is also wearing a traditional long sarape with a Native American design and a baseball cap with the embroidered words: "Barrio Warrior" Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day, Student activism and student protest made a difference to Tom Hayden, Art Torres along with other students, hunger strikers and dignitaries who gathered around a podium/alter placed at the steps of Schoenberg Music Building to bear witness the outcome of the now-historic hunger strike and protest. The long table/altar is adorned with flowers on either side, a large Mexican flag hanging over the table and two large protest art paintings of Cesar Chavez and Emiliano Zapata behind the entire gathering. Shot on Canon EOS 630, 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, Day, Student activism and student protest decorated around two small statues of La Virgen de Guadalupe, surrounded by candles, flowers and an earthenware jarro mug (clay mug) all on a table by base camp. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, Day, student activism and student protest and Norma Montañez, 16 year old high school student from San Fernando High was the only underage hunger striker, joining her sister, UCLA student Cindy Montañez. Montañez, smiling, content, after hearing of her victory in saving the department and center, is walking down the steps in front of the altar where the announcement was made. Montañez and her monkey in arms is her support animal and her monkey is also congratulating the young teenager for her incredible victory and courage. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film.
1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day, student activism and student protest, base camp. A Mexica (Aztec) Sun Calendar is displayed in front of a Mexican flag alongside the walkway. Royce Hall in the distance. Shot on Canon EOS 630 35mm film. 1993 UCLA campus, Dickson Court South, day, base camp. A Mexica (Aztec) Sun Calendar is displayed in front of a Mexican flag alongside the walkway. Royce Hall in the distance.