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.

This year marked the 44th anniversary of the death of the passing of the  KMEX and L.A. Times journalist, who was shot and killed at age 42 while covering the Chicano Moratorium anti-war protest.

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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[Photo courtesy of Mapping Los Angeles]

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