Author: Matt S. MeierPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on Mexican Americans' struggle for civil rights and equality.
Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
Author: Matt S. MeierPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on Mexican Americans' struggle for civil rights and equality.
Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
Author: F. Arturo RosalesPublisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781611920949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
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 yearsChicanoand 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.
No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed
Author: Cynthia E. OrozcoPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292774133
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
“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.
No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed
Author: Cynthia E. OrozcoPublisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 029279343X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
“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 Mexican American Experience
Author: Matt S. MeierPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313088608
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Mexican Americans are rapidly becoming the largest minority in the United States, playing a vital role in the culture of the American Southwest and beyond. This A-to-Z guide offers comprehensive coverage of the Mexican American experience. Entries range from figures such as Corky Gonzales, Joan Baez, and Nancy Lopez to general entries on bilingual education, assimilation, border culture, and southwestern agriculture. Court cases, politics, and events such as the Delano Grape Strike all receive full coverage, while the definitions and significance of terms such as coyote and Tejano are provided in shorter entries. Taking a historical approach, this book's topics date back to the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, a radical turning point for Mexican Americans, as they lost their lands and found themselves thrust into an alien social and legal system. The entries trace Mexican Americans' experience as a small, conquered minority, their growing influence in the 20th century, and the essential roles their culture plays in the borderlands, or the American Southwest, in the 21st century.
Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
Author: Christine HondersPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499428529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
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.
Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
Author: Margo GutiérrezPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780313304255
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Mexican Americans, like many other Americans, have a long history of struggle for equality and civil rights. Yet only in recent decades has that history begun to be included as part of mainstream American history. Bringing together a wealth of information on the Mexican American struggle for civil rights, this authoritative encyclopedia provides factual up-to-date information on the concepts, issues, plans, legislation, court decisions, events, organizations, and people involved in that long fight. It includes such leading figures as Corky Gonzales, Héctor Pérez GarcÍa, Jovita Idar, and Alonso Perales, as well as many secondary leaders, and is rounded out with objective discussions of such topics as leadership, the movimiento, lynching, political exclusion, voting, and stereotyping. Appendices include a chronology and several basic documents critical to an understanding of the Mexican American Civil Rights struggle. The first comprehensive encyclopedia on this aspect of Mexican American history, the book fills a noticeable gap in the literature. It includes more than 300 entries, six appendices, sources of additional information, cross-referencing, and a detailed index that makes the history readily available. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the Mexican American experience.
Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History
Author: Francisco Arturo RosalesPublisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781611920390
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This first-ever dictionary of important issues in the U.S. Latino struggle for civil rights defines a wide-ranging list of key terms.
Chicano!
Author: National Latino Communications CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights movements
Languages : es
Pages : 1
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America: Price, U.S. vs
Author: David BradleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Contains 683 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about the history, meaning, and application of civil rights issues in the United States, covering people, places, events, politics, laws, government agencies, court cases, and other topics.