Letter from Mervyn Dymally to California State Colleges Board of Trustees, 1971
Title
Letter from Mervyn Dymally to California State Colleges Board of Trustees, 1971
Subject
California State University Los Angeles
Chicano Movement
Dymally, Mervyn M., 1926-2012
Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919
Chicano Movement
Dymally, Mervyn M., 1926-2012
Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919
Description
Dymally uses strong language to implore the CSU board to stop using xenophobic excuses and heed the call of “the largest minority in California,” to rename a building at Cal State LA in honor of the Mexican Revolutionary, Emiliano Zapata. Dymally’s own experience as an immigrant to the U.S. surely factors into the fervency with which he argues that U.S. citizenship should not impact the importance of such a historical figure.
Written by Arturo Alvarenga-Gonzalez, History 3450, Fall 2020.
Written by Arturo Alvarenga-Gonzalez, History 3450, Fall 2020.
Creator
Dymally, Mervyn M.
Source
Mervyn M. Dymally Papers, Special Collections & Archives, California State University, Los Angeles
Publisher
California State University, Los Angeles, Library. Special Collections & Archives
Date
1971-02-24
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Format
Document
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
Lim_026.02 and Lim_026.03
Files
Collection
Citation
Dymally, Mervyn M. , “Letter from Mervyn Dymally to California State Colleges Board of Trustees, 1971,” California State University - Los Angeles, accessed October 31, 2025, http://calstatela-exhibits.libraryhost.com/items/show/12.