Latinx Freedom Conference
Power and Protest in the 1960s
April 9–10, 2026
New York City
CUNY Graduate Center
10am — 6pm
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Register to attend this free two-day conference designed to reunite movement veterans for the first time in decades, alongside scholars, students, archivists, educators, and community members for dialogue, testimony, and historical reflection.
This is a pivotal moment. No national gathering of this kind — bringing together veterans of the 1960s Latinx freedom movements in sustained dialogue — has occurred since the National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in Denver, March 27–31, 1969.
The conference honors a transformative era when Latinx organizers joined broader civil rights struggles, built enduring community institutions, and expanded the meaning of American democracy.
Portions of the conference will be professionally documented to preserve testimonies for future generations.
Attendance is free. Advance registration is required.
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10016
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Photo credit: Peter Rodriguez, Wilson High School student, at a 1968 school board meeting. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/22599. Division Street riots in Chicago, source unknown.