Description Communism Through My Eyes: My Father Robert Trujillo, 1903 - 1986 by Mary Lou Salazar, Ph D is the fascinating story of an iconic but little-known figure in Colorado\'s political and social history: Mary Lou\'s father, Robert Trujillo, became a communist in 1936 during the hardships of the Great Depression, later becoming the Chairman of the Communist Party in Colorado.
But she also remembers being shaken by desperate fear whenev.
With great joy and pride Mary Lou remembers all the voices in her home - African American, white, Native American, Latino - singing rousing songs of power, pride and overcoming.
Robert Trujillo was known by Colorado\'s legislators, policy makers and the media as a brilliant, generous, big-hearted, and peaceful man. and Mahatma Gandhi.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was a follower of Dr.
He roused people to get the attention of legislators and policy makers Through dialogue, petitions, letters, and peaceful demonstrations and sit ins.
He was a staunch proponent of peaceful change Through legislation.
Though a communist who believed deeply in the rights of the common man, Robert Trujillo never proposed overthrowing the government by violence.
Robert wanted to improve the rights of the common people Through equal opportunities for jobs, food, housing, education, and medical help.
Constitution regardless of race, religion, gender or socio-economic status.
S.
They came to feast on her mother\'s tamales and listen to her father, Robert, make rousing speeches about justice and equal rights for the common people; rights guaranteed by the U.
Mary Lou tells us, as a wide-eyed little girl, of sitting on the steps in her house looking down into her living room at the dozens of people who frequently gathered there.
As his youngest daughter, the eighth of nine children, Mary Lou shares with us her childhood memories, as well as the historical facts, about her beloved father, Robert Trujillo.
He remained a communist for fifty years, until his death in 1986.
Description Communism Through My Eyes: My Father Robert Trujillo, 1903 - 1986 by Mary Lou Salazar, Ph D is the fascinating story of an iconic but little-known figure in Colorado\'s political and social history: Mary Lou\'s father, Robert Trujillo, became a communist in 1936 during the hardships of the Great Depression, later becoming the Chairman of the Communist Party in Colorado
