The University of Colorado Boulder will host “Los Seis de Boulder, Race, and Memory” virtual symposium, November 5-6, 2021. The closing session, “Lleva Nuestras Voces," will be an in-person event. The symposium will bring diverse voices into conversation, with sessions covering a variety of topics, from dramatic readings, podcasting, panel discussions, art, and music to academic scholarship, all focused on the Los Seis de Boulder and the Chicano Movement.
The goal of the symposium is to center the Los Seis de Boulder bombings of May 1974 and to continue to foster engaged dialogue on campus about the legacy of these events. Six students and activists affiliated with CU were killed in the bombings. Registration is free and open to the public. The symposium is co-sponsored by CU Boulder’s University Libraries, Center for Humanities & the Arts, Ethnic Studies Department, History Department, School of Education, Latino History Project, and UMAS y MECHA, with additional funding from the University of Colorado President’s Fund for the Humanities.
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The Los Seis de Boulder sculpture on campus depicts the lives of six students who died after two car bombs exploded in the city of Boulder in 1974 during a three-week period in which students occupied Temporary Building No. 1 and demanded equity in education at CU Boulder.
Alumna artist Jasmine Baetz (MFA, Ceramics) conceived of the artwork in 2017 after learning about the deaths of students Una Jaakola, Reyes Martínez and Neva Romero, who died on May 27, 1974, after a car bomb exploded, and Francisco Dougherty, Heriberto Terán and Florencio Granado, who died on May 29, 1974, after a second car bomb exploded, also injuring Antonio Alcántar.