| | |  Americas & Beyond | September 2008 
Legendary Civil Rights Leader Dies at 89
 PRNewswire
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| | Dionicio Morales | | |
Los Angeles - One of the nation's foremost civil rights leaders, Dionicio Morales, who founded the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF) during the turbulent 1960s to champion the cause of a growing community, died late Wednesday, September 24, at Beverly Hospital in Montebello.
In a lifetime of achievement, Morales will be remembered as the man who almost single-handedly built MAOF and established the national model for nonprofit organizations serving the Mexican-American community in this country.
Morales, who many compared to civil rights icons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar E. Chavez, also served as a goodwill ambassador between the United States and Mexico.
Funeral services are pending. |
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