Arellano, Federico, (Visalda, CA), part 1

Authors

1140 2. 012.1

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

5-24-1986

Comments

Discussion topics: El corrido de Gallup: a story about the miners' strike in 1933, he was sent to defend the mining company, Liga Obrera, served as Secretario General de Liga Obrera, Abraham Lincoln Battalion in Spain, Liberales. He talks about being a writer, recites some verses on his experiences learning Mathematics and currency equivalences. La Liga Obrera nació en Nuevo México con la contribución de ideas de estudiantes intelectuales como Vincent Garófalo. Jesús Pallares and him organized and founded the Liga Obrera, a liberal movement that defended the people's rights and fought for social justice. NM Legislature made it a crime to protest and form a union, 14 years of jail if prosecuted. He was in the the "Carta Negra" or black listed as a member of the Liga, his job as a builder of adobe houses working with Indios (1931-33). His life was not easy to find a job as member of the Liga.

Recommended Citation

Anselmo Arellano collection (MSS 1140), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico