Title: Chicano! history of the Mexican American civil rights movement /
Authors: Cisneros, Henry; Kaupp, Dieter.; Joyce, Ed, 1932-2014; Dill, Glen; Gonzalez, Joseph Julian.; Galán, Héctor; Torres, Luis R.; Moreno, Mylene.; Morales, Sylvia.; Racho, Susan.; Cozens, Robert S.; Galan Productions; National Latino Communications Center; KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.); NLCC Educational Media; Public Broadcasting System (U.S.)
Publisher: NLCC Educational Media [distributor],
Year: 1996
Subjects: Salazar, Ruben,; Chavez, Cesar,; Raza Unida Party (U.S.); Mexican Americans Civil rights History.; Civil rights movements United States History; Mexican Americans United States History
Abstract: This is a four part television series documentary. It premiered nationally on PBS in April 1996. The program consists of four one-hour episodes. Episode 1 examines the events at Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, that sparked a national movement for social justice. It focuses on the 1967 struggle by Mexican Americans to regain ownership of New Mexico lands guaranteed them by the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and then visits the landmark Denver Youth Conference in 1969. The episode concludes with the Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War, held in East Los Angeles in
Contents: Episode 1. Quest for a homeland / produced by Hector Galan and Mylene Moreno ; edited by Brian Beasley -- Episode 2. The struggle in the fields / produced by Sylvia Morales ; edited by Joan Zapata -- Episode 3. Taking back the schools / produced by Susan Racho ; edited by Crager Couger -- Episode 4. Fighting for political power / produced by Robert S. Cozens ; edited by Brian Beasley.