description: Civil rights leader Jose Gutierrez chronicles the life of Severita Lara, a little-known female activist in the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement. Lara's ascent from a willful child to the mayor of Crystal City, Texas all began with the Crystal City High student walkout in 1969.
language: English
title: We Won't Back Down: Severita Lara's Rise from Student Leader to Mayor
titlecomplete: We Won't Back Down: Severita Lara's Rise from Student Leader to Mayor (Hispanic Civil Rights)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Arte Publico Press