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# Social Justice Attorney
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/voces/extras/social-justice-attorney-kgbvsi/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:58:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T10:25:04.000Z
- Description: Explore Oscar Zeta Acosta’s brief stint as a legal aid attorney in Oakland, California.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: VOCES, #ZZZ_Show_535dc1dd-e54d-4beb-b75e-b9c10968484f, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_84773374-36e8-40a5-8590-bb517d6460a8, #extra

Explore Oscar Zeta Acosta’s brief stint as a legal aid attorney in Oakland, California’s poverty program in 1966, and his commitment to battling social injustice and racial/economic discrimination on behalf of the underprivileged. After a mental breakdown, depressed, and hooked on meds, Acosta leaves Oakland, California for Aspen, Colorado in search for his self-identity.