[Video 3 - Fiesta de las Rosas] Interviewing Danny Arroyo, Black Beret por La Justicia
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On June 1, 1969, the "Fiesta de Las Rosas" occurred in San Jose. The festival was seen as an insult to Mexican Americans and Native Americans viewed the festival as an insult to it's people. It was viewed as a celebration of conquistadors who vanquished and enslaved native people. It was also viewed as a waste of money. There were muddy roads that needed to be paved and community buildings that needed to be erected in San Jose's poor and neglected under served community. THAT DAY, A RIOT BROKE OUT THAT CHANGED A CITY FOREVER!! For a minority group that saw itself oppressed and ignored, it galvanized San Jose Chicanos and helped spread the Chicano political movement and the word "Chicano" across the country. After the 1969, the festival was never put on again.
Daniel Arroyo, an ELDER of the Black Berets por La Justicia (Since 1968) talks about his recollection of "Fiesta de las Rosas" on June 1, 1969 This is the 3rd video of an overall interview, that took place on May 28, 2020 in Phoenix Arizona and was interviewed by Gabriel Ramiro Cruz with the assistance of Kelly Gallagher Blacksmith.
To read other recollections of Fiesta de La Rosas,
Please read pages 47-49, 92-93 of Arturo's Villarreal's Master Theses "Black Berets of Justice" (1991 at https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/vie...