50 years after the explosions, the legacy of Los Seis de Boulder is more complicated than it seems
A second memorial to the six Chicano activists who died in 1974 will be dedicated on May 28.
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A second memorial to the six Chicano activists who died in 1974 will be dedicated on May 28.
On May 27 and on May 29, 1974, two car bombs exploded in Boulder, Colorado, killing six people and seriously injuring a seventh. The cases were never solved. This was a time of tremendous student activism at the University of Colorado, and all those killed and injured were active in UMAS, a Chicanx student group at the University.
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A car exploded, and then another. Six young people died. A seventh was seriously injured. They came to be known as Los Seis de Boulder, The Boulder Six.
A car exploded, and then another. Six young people died. A seventh was seriously injured. They came to be known as Los Seis de Boulder, The Boulder Six.