Channel: GoogleDoodles

Category: Film & Animation

Description: Today’s slideshow Doodle, illustrated by Brooklyn-based guest artist Roxie Vizcarra, celebrates U.S. Chicano educator, boxer, poet, and activist Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales. In addition to being a champion in the boxing ring, he was also a champion for racial and socioeconomic justice as one of the most influential leaders of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. On this day in 1970, the Escuela Tlatelolco Centro de Estudios, founded by Corky and his family, opened its doors as the first private school in United States history with a focus on Chicano/Mexican-American cultural studies. The slides in today’s Doodle take a journey through Corky’s life while featuring lines from Gonzales' epic 1967 poem, “Yo Soy Joaquín” (“I Am Joaquín”). Learn more: google.com/doodles/celebrating-rodolfo-corky-gonzales ------- To follow Google Doodles on YouTube, subscribe to: @GoogleDoodles Follow Google Doodles on Twitter at: twitter.com/GoogleDoodles