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Art has always served as a way for people to express and comment on social and political issues, aside from many things. In this instance, here is a list of some better-known artwork that relates to the Chicano Moratorium, Chicano sentiments on Vietnam, and the death of Ruben Salazar.

ARTWORK

• ASCO/Harry Gamboa Jr. First Supper (After a Major Riot), 1974. Performance by ASCO. Photographer by Harry Gamboa Jr.

Related articles: 

1. Brand, Madeleine. "The 1970 Chicano Moratorium bore activism, art, and rebellion." Press Play with Madeleine Brand, KCRW, Los Angeles, CA, 25 Aug. 2020.
2. Gamboa, Harry Jr. "Against the Wall: Remembering the Chicano Moratorium." East of Borneo. 16 Nov. 2010.

• Carrillo, Eduardo, Ramses Noriega, Sergio Hernandez, and Saul Solache. Chicano History mural, 1970. Oil on panel. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.

Related articles: 

1. Garcia, Héctor Ramón. "Beholding Chicano History: Iconography and the Chicanx Movement." Athanor, vol. 37, 2019, pp. 53-58.

• Gronk and Willie Herrón. Black and White Mural, 1973. Located at 3221 Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. 

"This montage portrays the 1970 Chicano Moratorium, a local protest against the Vietnam War that was attacked by the Sheriff's Department, and other police brutality."

• Montoya, Malaquias, Viet Nam / Aztlan, 1973. Offset lithograph on paper. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

• Romero, Frank. Death of Rubén Salazar, 1986. Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum.