Rudy Lozano

Rudy Lozano (July 17, 1951 – June 8, 1983) was a labor activist and community organizer from Little Village, Chicago, Illinois.[1] Lozano was important in organizing "Black-Brown unity" in the election of Harold Washington, the first African American mayor of Chicago. Lozano was murdered shortly after Washington's election, which was "a severe setback for the Chicago Mexican community, [who] lost a dynamic, rising political star and their major liaison in the Washington camp."[2]

  1. ^ Fremon, David (1988). Chicago Politics, Ward by Ward. Indiana University Press. p. 215. ISBN 9780253204905.
  2. ^ Arias Jirasek, Rita; Tortolero, Carlos (2001). Mexican Chicago. Arcadia Publishing. p. 142. ISBN 9780738507569.