Humberto Noe Corona

Civil Rights Leader

Birthday May 29, 1918

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Texas

DEATH DATE Jan 15, 2001 (82)

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About

Civil rights and labor leader who organized workers for the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Before Fame

He was accepted to USC in 1936 on an athletic scholarship.

Trivia

He was involved in a Mexican-American Movement which focused on the issues of unequal educational opportunity for Mexican-American students and police brutality.

Family Life

After his first marriage with Blanche Taff ended, he married Angelina Casillas. He has three children.

Associated With

He was asked to plan the March on Poverty by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.