Editing Anthony Quinn (section)

===Civil-rights activism===
Quinn, who experienced discrimination growing up in Los Angeles, participated in various civil-rights and social causes. He provided funding for Latino advocacy group the [[Spanish-Speaking People's Congress]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://sites.google.com/a/apps.edina.k12.mn.us/history-day-josefina-fierro-de-bright/adult-life-of-josefina-fierro-de-bright| title=Josefina's beginnings of activist - History Day: Josefina Fierro de Bright| website=Edina Public Schools}}</ref> He assisted in fundraising efforts for the legal defense of Mexican-American youth in the racially charged [[Sleepy Lagoon murder]] trial in 1942.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} While in Paris, several other prominent Americans and he composed a petition endorsing the 1963 [[March on Washington]]; the petition, which was reprinted in several high-profile publications, was intended to rally support among Americans living abroad, according to [[Elliott Miller]], writing in ''[[CounterPunch]]''.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/07/03/a-baldwinites-regret/| title=A Baldwinite's Regret| first=Elliott| last=Miller| date=July 3, 2018| website=[[CounterPunch]]|quote=Author Mary L. Dudziak, in a journal titled, "The 1963 March on Washington: At Home and Abroad," reports that "a drafting committee" was formed, and with the help of actors William Marshall, Anthony Quinn and others, [James] Baldwin composed a "brief petition," which (by way of the international editions of the'' New York Times'' and the'' Herald Tribune'') was signed by hundreds of Americans living abroad.}}</ref>{{better source needed|deprecated|date=January 2022}} In 1969, Quinn visited with Native American student activists [[Occupation of Alcatraz|occupying Alcatraz Island]] in protest, promising to offer assistance.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Occupation-Of-Alcatraz-30-year-anniversary-of-2895929.php| title=Occupation Of Alcatraz / 30-year anniversary of Indian coup| first1=Peter| last1=Fimrite| date=November 19, 1999| newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> In 1970, Quinn was a panelist at the Mexican-American Conference.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8251nj8/entire_text/| title=Anthony Quinn Collection of Scripts| website=Online Archives of California}}</ref> In 1971, he narrated a documentary film by the [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]], discussing job discrimination faced by Hispanic Americans.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/1965-71/educating.html| title=Educating the Public about Employment Discrimination| website=www.eeoc.gov| access-date=April 18, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504053832/https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/1965-71/educating.html| archive-date=May 4, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a supporter of the [[United Farm Workers]] organization led by his friend and labor activist [[Cesar Chavez]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-26-mn-34230-story.html| title=UFW Toils in a New Field: Cities| date=May 26, 2000| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| first=Dana| last=Calvo}}</ref>