Oscar Lopez Rivera
Scope and Contents
The Chicano/Latino T-shirt and Textile collection consists draw upon many Midwest US related themes. Items included are a MSU ChiSPA team shirt for Las Comadres, Dia de la Mujer and other MSU Chicanx student and staff events; shirts from the campaigns of Elena Herrada for the Detroit City Charter Commission and Detroit School Board, the Tony Benavides Lansing Michigan mayoral campaign, and the imprisonment of Puerto Rican FALN member and political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera (President Obama commuted Lopez Rivera's sentence on January 17, 2017. Rivera lived in Chicago before capture and was held in an Indiana federal prison.). Other t-shirts commemorate United Farm Worker Union boycotts of Gallo Wine products and Cesar E. Chavez.
Dates
- Creation: 1974 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open and available for research in the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections' reading room.
Extent
From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
This size medium black tshirt features white ink text calling for the release of Oscar Lopez Rivera. Also has an image of Rivera and the seal of the Comite Pro Derechos Humanos de Puerto Rico. It is made of 50% cotton and 50% polyester and manufactured by Jerzees.
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository