Rumel Fuentes

Rumel Fuentes was a Chicano artist, musician and activist of the late 1960's and 1970's Chicano Movement in the United States. He is known for his songs about migrant laborers, Chicano identity, and the every day life of Chicanos and immigrants in the US.

Early life and education Rumel Lopez Fuentes was born on June 25, 1943 in the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas. He was the 9th of 11 children of Isidro Fuentes and Damacia (López) Fuentes, a Mexican migrant labor family. They traveled seasonally on the migrant trail to Indiana, Michigan, and near the Canadian border to work on farms and canneries.

Fuentes graduated from Eagle Pass High School in 1961. and received his Master's in Education in 1974.

Discography

Corridos of the Chicano Movement (2009)