Rodolfo Gonzales, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rodolfo Gonzales

American boxer

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1928

Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, United States

Date of Death: 12-Apr-2005

Profession: poet, boxer, activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales (June 18, 1928 – April 12, 2005) was a Chicano boxer, poet, and political organizer and activist.
Gonzales was one of many leaders for the Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado.
The Crusade for Justice was noted for being an urban rights and Chicano cultural urban movement during the 1960s focusing on social, political and economic justice for Chicanos.
Gonzalez convened the first-ever Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in 1968, which was poorly attended due to timing and weather conditions.
Gonzales tried again in March 1969, and established what is commonly known as the First Chicano Youth Liberation Conference.
This Conference was attended by many future Chicano activists and artists.
The conference also birthed the Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, a pro-indigenist manifesto advocating revolutionary Chicano nationalism and self-determination for all Chicanos.
Through the Crusade for Justice, Gonzalez organized the Mexican American people of Denver to fight for their cultural, political, and economic rights, leaving his mark on Chicano History.