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Paul Hernandez was a legendary boxing coach and mentor who dedicated his life to keeping kids off the streets. He lost his battle with COVID-19 in February 2021 and left a lasting impact on his community.
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Sep 13, 2016 · Boxing coach Paul Hernandez, 58, makes a phone call before his young charges arrive for evening practice at the East Los Angeles Community Youth Center, where he also serves as custodian and gardener.
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- The Brown Berets
- El Centro Chicano
- Paul's Beatings
- Building A Machine
- Paul's Stroke
- Accepting The Gifts
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Lately, the memory of Hernandez has been Delgado's constant companion. In the Seventies and Eighties, Hernandez led the Austin Brown Berets, a group of Eastside residents in their early 20s who embraced a militant radical philosophy. These were the sons and daughters of working-class laborers, poor people, many of them migrant workers, the victims ...
Like Rivera, Hernandez couldn't accept the racism he'd grown up with. "Of course he was very charismatic. Very intelligent," said Zeke Romo, a journalist who began covering the Brown Berets in 1973 for the Eastside newspaper The Echo. "I mean, he was a visionary. He thought years ahead of time on what was coming to the Eastside, what was going to h...
The best-known photo of Paul Hernandez is from a protest against the Austin Aqua Festival boat races in 1978. Hernandez is standing in the grass of Chicano Park, in the center of the frame, his arms held back by a pair of police, his thin torso thrust against the fabric of his leisure suit, his legs bent as he seems to sink down. Two more police st...
The Brown Berets never had more than 20 members at any given time. As the Eighties progressed, the group fractured, and members spread out to work on their own interests. Rivera organized against Ronald Reagan's wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua with CAMILA, Chicanos Against Military Intervention in Latin America. Almanza traveled the state helping...
In August of 1993 Hernandez and his girlfriend, Leslie, took a vacation to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Hernandez never spoke publicly about what happened there, but before he died he wrote the story down and shared it with Bertha Delgado. "At 10:04am, on August 20th, I was finishing my hundred crunches," he wrote. "The day before I had spent e...
Paul Hernandez's memorial was held at Chicano Park. Bertha Delgado spoke about the event: "Raúl Valdez came out with an acoustic guitar, played music. He talked a little bit about Paul. And Susana Almanza came, PODER did an Indigenous blessing. Leslie Hernandez, his wife, came and spoke. It was just beautiful. We had over 200 people here. And we re...
Paul Hernandez was a leader of the Austin Brown Berets, a militant group that challenged white supremacy in the Seventies and Eighties. He mentored Bertha Delgado, who continues his legacy of community organizing and preserving Chicano Park.
Feb 2, 2021 · Paul Hernández was a former amateur boxer who coached dozens of young boxers at the East Los Angeles Community Youth Center. He died from COVID-related illness in 2021, according to his family and friends.
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Mar 2, 2021 · Beloved boxing coach Paul Hernandez was a fixture in East L.A., having coached dozens of boys and girls for the last five decades. His family says Hernandez was a champion in the community, and ...
Paul Hernandez (September 20, 1946–September 24, 2020), was an influential East Austin Chicano activist, a major figure in Austin politics, and a founder of the local Brown Berets . He led the fight against the Aquafest boat races on Town Lake in East Austin which led to their relocation. He founded El Centro Chicano, which focused on housing ...
