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Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Author : F. Arturo Rosales
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1611920949

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Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by F. Arturo Rosales Pdf

Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement is the most comprehensive account of the arduous struggle by Mexican Americans to secure and protect their civil rights. It is also a companion volume to the critically acclaimed, four-part documentary series of the same title, which is now available on video from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Both this published volume and the video series are a testament to the Mexican American communityÍs hard-fought battle for social and legal equality as well as political and cultural identity. Since the United States-Mexico War, 1846-1848, Mexican Americans have striven to achieve full rights as citizens. From peaceful resistance and violent demonstrations, when their rights were ignored or abused, to the establishment of support organizations to carry on the struggle and the formation of labor unions to provide a united voice, the movement grew in strength and in numbers. However, it was during the 1960s and 1970s that the campaign exploded into a nationwide groundswell of Mexican Americans laying claim, once and for all, to their civil rights and asserting their cultural heritage. They took a name that had been used disparagingly against them for years„Chicano„and fashioned it into a battle cry, a term of pride, affirmation and struggle. Aimed at a broad general audience as well as college and high school students, Chicano! focuses on four themes: land, labor, educational reform and government. With solid research, accessible language and historical photographs, this volume highlights individuals, issues and pivotal developments that culminated in and comprised a landmark period for the second largest ethnic minority in the United States. Chicano! is a compelling monument to the individuals and events that transformed society.

Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Author : Matt S. Meier,Margo Gutiérrez
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050143752

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Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Matt S. Meier,Margo Gutiérrez Pdf

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on Mexican Americans' struggle for civil rights and equality.

Rewriting the Chicano Movement

Author : Mario T. García,Ellen McCracken
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816541454

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Rewriting the Chicano Movement by Mario T. García,Ellen McCracken Pdf

The Chicano Movement, el movimiento, is known as the largest and most expansive civil rights and empowerment movement by Mexican Americans up to that time. It made Chicanos into major American political actors and laid the foundation for today’s Latino political power. Rewriting the Chicano Movement is a collection of powerful new essays on the Chicano Movement that expand and revise our understanding of the movement. These essays capture the commitment, courage, and perseverance of movement activists, both men and women, and their struggles to achieve the promises of American democracy. The essays in this volume broaden traditional views of the Chicano Movement that are too narrow and monolithic. Instead, the contributors to this book highlight the role of women in the movement, the regional and ideological diversification of the movement, and the various cultural fronts in which the movement was active. Rewriting the Chicano Movement stresses that there was no single Chicano Movement but instead a composite of movements committed to the same goal of Chicano self-determination. Scholars, students, and community activists interested in the history of the Chicano Movement can best start by reading this book. Contributors: Holly Barnet-Sanchez, Tim Drescher, Jesús Jesse Esparza, Patrick Fontes, Mario T. García, Tiffany Jasmín González, Ellen McCracken, Juan Pablo Mercado, Andrea Muñoz, Michael Anthony Turcios, Omar Valerio-Jiménez

No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed

Author : Cynthia E. Orozco
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292774131

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No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed by Cynthia E. Orozco Pdf

“A refreshing and pathbreaking [study] of the roots of Mexican American social movement organizing in Texas with new insights on the struggles of women” (Devon Peña, Professor of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington). Historian Cynthia E. Orozco presents a comprehensive study of the League of United Lantin-American Citizens, with an in-depth analysis of its origins. Founded by Mexican American men in 1929, LULAC is often judged harshly according to Chicano nationalist standards of the late 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on extensive archival research, No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed presents LULAC in light of its early twentieth-century context. Orozco argues that perceptions of LULAC as an assimilationist, anti-Mexican, anti-working class organization belie the group's early activism. Supplemented by oral history, this sweeping study probes LULAC's predecessors, such as the Order Sons of America, blending historiography and cultural studies. Against a backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, World War I, gender discrimination, and racial segregation, No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed recasts LULAC at the forefront of civil rights movements in America.

The Chicano Movement

Author : Mario T. Garcia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135053666

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The Chicano Movement by Mario T. Garcia Pdf

The largest social movement by people of Mexican descent in the U.S. to date, the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 70s linked civil rights activism with a new, assertive ethnic identity: Chicano Power! Beginning with the farmworkers' struggle led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta, the Movement expanded to urban areas throughout the Southwest, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, as a generation of self-proclaimed Chicanos fought to empower their communities. Recently, a new generation of historians has produced an explosion of interesting work on the Movement. The Chicano Movement: Perspectives from the Twenty-First Century collects the various strands of this research into one readable collection, exploring the contours of the Movement while disputing the idea of it being one monolithic group. Bringing the story up through the 1980s, The Chicano Movement introduces students to the impact of the Movement, and enables them to expand their understanding of what it means to be an activist, a Chicano, and an American.

Testimonio

Author : Francisco Arturo Rosales
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1611923026

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Testimonio by Francisco Arturo Rosales Pdf

Beginning with the early 1800s and extending to the modern era, Rosales collects illuminating documents that shed light on the Mexican-American quest for life, liberty, and justice. Documents include petitions, correspondence, government reports, political proclamations, newspaper items, congressional testimony, memoirs, and even international treaties.

Chicano Communists and the Struggle for Social Justice

Author : Enrique M. Buelna
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816538669

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Chicano Communists and the Struggle for Social Justice by Enrique M. Buelna Pdf

In the 1930s and 1940s the early roots of the Chicano Movement took shape. Activists like Jesús Cruz, and later Ralph Cuarón, sought justice for miserable working conditions and the poor treatment of Mexican Americans and immigrants through protests and sit-ins. Lesser known is the influence that Communism and socialism had on the early roots of the Chicano Movement, a legacy that continues today. Examining the role of Mexican American working-class and radical labor activism in American history, Enrique M. Buelna focuses on the work of the radical Left, particularly the Communist Party (CP) USA. Buelna delves into the experiences of Cuarón, in particular, as well as those of his family. He writes about the family’s migration from Mexico; work in the mines in Morenci, Arizona; move to Los Angeles during the Great Depression; service in World War II; and experiences during the Cold War as a background to exploring the experiences of many Mexican Americans during this time period. The author follows the thread of radical activism and the depth of its influence on Mexican Americans struggling to achieve social justice and equality. The legacy of Cuarón and his comrades is significant to the Chicano Movement and in understanding the development of the labor and civil rights movements in the United States. Their contributions, in particular during the 1960s and 1970s, informed a new generation to demand an end to the Vietnam War and to expose educational inequality, poverty, civil rights abuses, and police brutality.

Eyewitness

Author : JesÏs Salvador TreviÐo
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2001-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1611921430

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Eyewitness by JesÏs Salvador TreviÐo Pdf

Noted filmmaker Jesús Salvador Treviño participated in and documented the most important events in the Mexican American civil rights movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s: the farm workers' strikes and boycotts, the Los Angeles school walk-outs, the Chicano Youth Conference in Denver, the New Mexico land grant movement, the Chicano moratorium against the Vietnam War, the founding of La Raza Unida Party, and the first incursion of Latinos into the media. Coming of age during the turmoil of the sixties, Treviño was on the spot to record the struggles to organize students and workers into the largest social and political movement in the history of Latino communities in the United States. As important as his documentation of historical events is his self-reflection and chronicling of how these events helped to shape his own personality and mission as one of the most renowned Latino filmmakers. Treviño's beautifully written memoir is fascinating for its detail, insight, and heretofore undisclosed reports from behind the scenes by a participant and observer who is able to strike the balance between self-interest and reportage.

Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Author : Christine Honders
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499429060

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Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Christine Honders Pdf

Since the days of westward expansion and the U.S.-Mexican War, people of Mexican descent have faced great discrimination in the United States. This volume introduces readers to the historical background of the Mexican American civil rights movement, as well as its key figures and events. Photographs and primary sources will transport readers back in time to truly grasp the importance of this movement. Readers will learn about current issues pertaining to Mexican Americans and immigration, and learn what they could do to advance the movement for equality.

The Struggle in Black and Brown

Author : Brian D Behnken
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803262744

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The Struggle in Black and Brown by Brian D Behnken Pdf

It might seem that African Americans and Mexican Americans would have common cause in matters of civil rights. This volume, which considers relations between blacks and browns during the civil rights era, carefully examines the complex and multifaceted realities that complicate such assumptions—and that revise our view of both the civil rights struggle and black-brown relations in recent history. Unique in its focus, innovative in its methods, and broad in its approach to various locales and time periods, the book provides key perspectives to understanding the development of America’s ethnic and sociopolitical landscape. These essays focus chiefly on the Southwest, where Mexican Americans and African Americans have had a long history of civil rights activism. Among the cases the authors take up are the unification of black and Chicano civil rights and labor groups in California; divisions between Mexican Americans and African Americans generated by the War on Poverty; and cultural connections established by black and Chicano musicians during the period. Together these cases present the first truly nuanced picture of the conflict and cooperation, goodwill and animosity, unity and disunity that played a critical role in the history of both black-brown relations and the battle for civil rights. Their insights are especially timely, as black-brown relations occupy an increasingly important role in the nation’s public life.

The Chicano Generation

Author : Mario T. Garc’a
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520286016

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The Chicano Generation by Mario T. Garc’a Pdf

"This is the story of the historic Chicano Movement in Los Angeles during the late 1960s and 1970s. The Chicano Movement was the largest civil rights and empowerment movement in the history of Mexican Americans in the United States. The movement was led by a new generation of political activists calling themselves Chicanos, a countercultural barrio term. This book is the story of three key activists, Raul Ruiz, Gloria Arellanes, and Rosalio Muanoz, who through oral history related their experiences as movement activist to historian Mario T. Garcaia. As first-person autobiographical narratives, these stories put a human face to this profound social movement and provide a life-story perspective as to why these individuals became activists"--Provided by publisher.

Mexican American Youth Organization

Author : Armando Navarro
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292743205

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Mexican American Youth Organization by Armando Navarro Pdf

Among the protest movements of the 1960s, the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) emerged as one of the principal Chicano organizations seeking social change. By the time MAYO evolved into the Raza Unida Party (RUP) in 1972, its influence had spread far beyond its Crystal City, Texas, origins. Its members precipitated some thirty-nine school walkouts, demonstrated against the Vietnam War, and confronted church and governmental bodies on numerous occasions. Armando Navarro here offers the first comprehensive assessment of MAYO's history, politics, leadership, ideology, strategies and tactics, and activist program. Interviews with many MAYO and RUP organizers and members, as well as first-hand knowledge drawn from his own participation in meetings, presentations, and rallies, enrich the text. This wealth of material yields the first reliable history of this extremely vocal and visible catalyst of the Chicano Movement. The book will add significantly to our understanding of Sixties protest movements and the social and political conditions that gave them birth.

Fighting Their Own Battles

Author : Brian D. Behnken
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807834787

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Fighting Their Own Battles by Brian D. Behnken Pdf

Between 1940 and 1975, African Americans and Mexican Americans in Texas fought a number of battles in court, at the ballot box, in schools, and on the streets to eliminate segregation and state-imposed racism. Although both groups engaged in civil rights

Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History

Author : Francisco Arturo Rosales
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1611920396

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Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History by Francisco Arturo Rosales Pdf

This first-ever dictionary of important issues in the U.S. Latino struggle for civil rights defines a wide-ranging list of key terms.

Youth, Identity, Power

Author : Carlos Muñoz
Publisher : Verso
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0860919137

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Youth, Identity, Power by Carlos Muñoz Pdf

Youth, Identity, Power is a study of the origins and development of Chicano radicalism in America. Written by a leader of the Chicano Student Movement of the 1960s who also played a role in the creation of the wider Chicano Power Movement, this is the first fill-length work to appear on the subject. It fills an important gap in the history of political protest in the United States. The author places the Chicano movement in the wider context of the political development of Mexicans and their descendants in the US, tracing the emergence of Chicano student activists in the 1930s and their initial challenge to the dominant racial and class ideologies of the time. Munoz then documents the rise and fall of the Chicano Power Movement, situating the student protests of the sixties within the changing political scene of the time, and assessing the movement's contribution to the cultural development of the Chicano population as a whole. He concludes with an account of Chicano politics in the 1980s. Youth, Identity, Power was named an Outstanding Book on Human Rights in the United States by the Gustavus Myers Center in 1990.