Ralph Cuarón (1923-2002) was a Chicano communist organizer and leader of many local community associations and workers unions throughout his life.
[1] He was an advocate for Black-Brown unity and was heavily criticized for his activism by anti-communist politician Jack Tenney, being described as a "monster" for his idea of a Mexican-American ethnic class consciousness.
[2][3] Cuarón became the first national youth director of Asociación Nacional México-Americana (ANMA) in the 1950s, after being introduced to leftist organizers in Los Angeles by Francisca Flores.
The FBI closely monitored Cuarón and his relationship with the local San Bernardino-Riverside County Communist Party, referring to his work as resulting "in the indoctrination of Chicanos.
"[3] In 1974, he was hired as a custodian at the University of California, Riverside and engaged in union and campus community organizing on issues of labor rights, political activism, and education reform.