County to honor Ruben Salazar at Friday ceremony
*It’s been 44 years. VL
By Wave Staff, Los Angeles Wave
EAST LOS ANGELES — County Supervisor Gloria Molina and the Department of Parks and Recreation will hold a special ceremony in honor of journalist Ruben Salazar at 11 a.m. Friday at the East Los Angeles park named for him, 3864 Whittier Blvd., a Molina spokesperson said.
“Ruben Salazar’s life and death became emblematic of the Chicano Rights movement of the 1970s,” Molina Said.
The ceremony will include the unveiling of a plaque that will detail Salazar’s legacy and stand as a lasting tribute at the popular community-gathering place that has borne his name since it was renamed for Salazar in 1970, Molina said.
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