Biography
Gabriel Barcelo was jailed after protesting the film Under the Texas Moon in New York in July 1930. The Daily Worker of July 12 reports a 15-day sentence arising from a demonstration against the film’s racist depiction of Latin American workers. Barcelo received the longer term for speaking at the meeting. The newspaper does not give individual admission or actual release dates.
The July 12, 1930 Daily Worker identifies Gabriel Barcelo as receiving a fifteen-day jail sentence after the film protest. Only the sentencing month is entered; the reported term does not establish actual time served.
