King Tiger

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King Tiger is the nickname of Reies López Tijerina, a prominent Mexican-American civil rights activist and leader of the Chicano land-grant movement in New Mexico during the 1960s.

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King Tiger canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicano movement leader ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
activismPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
advocatedFor recognition of Spanish and Mexican land grants ⓘ
rights of rural Hispanic villagers in New Mexico ⓘ
cause Mexican-American civil rights ⓘ
land grant rights for Hispanic and Chicano communities ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
describedAs leader of the Chicano land-grant movement in New Mexico ⓘ
prominent Mexican-American civil rights activist ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mexican American ⓘ
ethnicIdentity Chicano ⓘ
knownFor challenging loss of communal land grants after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ⓘ
organizing direct actions to reclaim land grants in New Mexico ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
movement Chicano Movement ⓘ
linked to: Chicano movement

Chicano land-grant movement ⓘ
nickname King Tiger ⓘ
notableEvent leadership in the Chicano land-grant movement in the 1960s ⓘ
notableFor leadership in the Chicano land-grant movement in New Mexico ⓘ
occupation civil rights activist ⓘ
community organizer ⓘ
religious preacher ⓘ
placeOfActivity New Mexico ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment Chicano nationalism ⓘ
regionOfFocus Northern New Mexico ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Reies López Tijerina → nickname → King Tiger ⓘ
subject linked to: King Tiger