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Juan Espinosa

After some time spent as a soldier in Vietnam in the late 60s/early 70s, Juan Espinosa returned  to the U.S. with an activist mindset. He joined the Anti-War Movement and Chicano Movement and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder as a journalism student. Espinosa became active in photographing historical moments of the Chicano Movement in Denver.

 

-written by Molly Kimbley

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1974

Juan Espinosa photographs marchers at capitol building

During a demonstration in support of the Crusade for Justice, photographer Juan Espinosa captured marchers at the Colorado State Capitol Building. A Mexican flag appears above the large unified crowd.   -written by Molly Kimbley

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