Chiques History Note #2 – CSO, Chicano Moratorium, and Colonia Village

Chiques History Notes is a series of posts based on my research on Oxnard, CA.

One of the first newspaper articles informing the Mexican community about the Community Service Organization (CSO) in Oxnard.

Source: Oxnard Press-Courier, 7 Oct 1958.

Local Chicana/os organized one of the largest march held in Oxnard in 1970, exposing the Mexican community to the unjust war in Vietnam.

Source: The Press-Courier, 20 Sep 1970.

The Oxnard Housing Authority announcing the opening of Colonia Village, which my family was one of the first residents.

Source: Oxnard Press-Courier, 22 Dec 1951.

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Chiques History Note #1 – Sugar Town, USA

Chiques History Notes is a series of posts based on my research on Oxnard, CA.

Map of Oxnard, 1903

American Beet Sugar Company’s factory. Courtesy of the author’s postcard collection.

American Beet Sugar Company’s boiler room. Courtesy of the author’s postcard collection.

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