Bert Corona - MAPA

MAPA

In April 1960, Corona was one of the founders of the Mexican American Political Association, which was organized as a result of the failings of the Democratic Party to genuinely address concerns of Mexican-Americans. Corona led MAPA's Northern Californian operations, serving as the organization's president from 1966 to 1971.

Corona was also closely associated with La Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, which emphasized organizing unions and defending and providing social services to undocumented workers. From the late 1960s to the 1980s, Corona taught as a part-time instructor in the controversial emerging field of Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge and California State University, Los Angeles.

In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. invited Corona, along with Corky Gonzales, Reies Tijerina to Atlanta to plan for the March on Poverty. King, however, was assassinated before the march took place.

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