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Liz Carpenter is seated on a couch with two pillows on either side of her. One says, "DEMOCRAT "and the other says "UPPITY WOMEN UNITE".

A very nice head and shoulders portrait of Liz Carpenter.

Liz Carpenter is smiling and standing at a podium speaking into a microphone.

Eustacio Cepeda March 29, 1897 to October 14, 1972 was president of several Mexican American organizations of the Austin Hispanic community of years past, such as the Commission Honorifica, Coite Patriotico, … More on back of original

A group of people walking down the street with signs and a flag, protesting the speed boat races in their neighborhood, circa 1970s. One sign reads "Barrio Si, Barcos No."

A man in a suit is standing on a newspaper rack with his arms up speaking to a group that has formed on Guadalupe Street. Businesses on the Drag are visible in the background.

Portrait of Américo Paredes, photography by Frank Armstrong.

Police are lined up along Town Lake in response to the Brown Berets protest of the Aqua Fest Boat Races on Town Lake

A group of members of the Brown Berets are walking near the Holly Street exit of I-35 in 1978. One person is holding a sign that reads "Chicano Rights."

A group of people gathered for an informal photo, circa 1970s. Included are Roy Zuniga, Sam and Crystal Mendez, Vera and Sam Harnandez, Paul Hernandez, Adela and Ramiro Manciaas, Bobbie Chapa, and Pio Renteria.

Man is holding a child while marchers holding signs are seen in the background.

Priest smoking a pipe is standing in the foreground amidst a group of protestors, one holding a sign that reads "Stop Beating on People." The detrimental effects of Aqua Fest angered members of the community, so they decided to protest. Most of the protests were led by the Brown Berets. The Brown Berets were a social justice organization in the Chicano Civil Rights Movements. With the help of local priests, Paul Hernandez led the Brown Brown Berets to protest in favor of the Hispanic Community of East Austin. The purpose of these protests was to bring some peace and to put an end to the continuous damage caused by Aqua Fest. In 1977, a group of Hispanic youths pelted a truck with rocks as it left the event. The following year, Austin police used excessive force to break up a protest. Two years later, the city moved the the Festival over west of IH-35 to Auditorium Shores.

Woman talking on a CB radio in the back seat of a car.

Marchers hold a sign that reads "E.A.S.T. Force Resists Barrio Destruction".

Group of children playing with a piñata at a park

Line up of people on bicycles and others holding signs protesting the pollution of east Austin neighborhoods from the Aqua Festival. All these detrimental effects of Aqua Fest angered members of the community, so they decided to protest. Most of the protests were led by the Brown Berets. The Brown Berets were a social justice organization in the Chicano Civil Rights Movements. With the help of local priests, Paul Hernandez led the Brown Brown Berets to protest in favor of the Hispanic Community of East Austin. The purpose of these protests was to bring some peace and to put an end to the continuous damage caused by Aqua Fest. In 1977, a group of Hispanic youths pelted a truck with rocks as it left the event. The following year, Austin police used excessive force to break up a protest. Two years later, the city moved the the Festival over west of IH-35 to Auditorium Shores.

Man and woman seen at an Aqua Festival protest led by the Brown Berets. All the detrimental effects of Aqua Fest angered members of the community, so they decided to protest. Most of the protests were led by the Brown Berets. The Brown Berets were a social justice organization in the Chicano Civil Rights Movements. With the help of local priests, Paul Hernandez led the Brown Brown Berets to protest in favor of the Hispanic Community of East Austin. The purpose of these protests was to bring some peace and to put an end to the continuous damage caused by Aqua Fest. In 1977, a group of Hispanic youths pelted a truck with rocks as it left the event. The following year, Austin police used excessive force to break up a protest. Two years later, the city moved the the Festival over west of IH-35 to Auditorium Shores.

Protestors at a demonstration against the pollution caused by the Aqua Festival. Man and woman seen at an Aqua Festival protest led by the Brown Berets

Protestors at a demonstration against police brutality that occurred during an Aqua Fest protest led by the Brown Berets. Man and woman seen at an Aqua Festival protest led by the Brown Berets

Woman holding child at a demonstration. The detrimental effects of Aqua Fest angered members of the community, so they decided to protest. Most of the protests were led by the Brown Berets. The Brown Berets were a social justice organization in the Chicano Civil Rights Movements. With the help of local priests, Paul Hernandez led the Brown Brown Berets to protest in favor of the Hispanic Community of East Austin. The purpose of these protests was to bring some peace and to put an end to the continuous damage caused by Aqua Fest. In 1977, a group of Hispanic youths pelted a truck with rocks as it left the event. The following year, Austin police used excessive force to break up a protest. Two years later, the city moved the the Festival over west of IH-35 to Auditorium Shores.