Chicano movement for beginners
By: written and illustrated by Maceo Montoya ; foreword by Ilan Stavans
Contributors: Stavans, Ilan
Publisher: For Beginners
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Danbury, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781939994646
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions; Civil rights; Mexican Americans; Chicano movement
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Prologue; 1. Background to a Movement; What's a Chicano? Depends.; Dinner Party for El Movimiento; 500 Years of Conquest, Colonization, Disenfranchisement, and Exploitation in a Nutshell; Precursors to the Movement; 2. Finding Inspiration; Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the Organizers Tale; The Pilgrimage; Symbols of the Huelga; The Grape Boycott; 3. The Movement Spreads; Reies Lopez Tijerina and the Land Grant Movement; Land Grants and La Alianza; Rodolfo ""Corky"" Gonzalez and the Crusade for Justice; Chicano Youth and Liberation Conference El Plan ; Espiritual de Aztlan4. Escalation: Youth, Mobilization, Militancy, and Conflict; Student Walkouts and the Brown Berets; The Chicano Moratorium; 5. Pathways to Change; Chicanas and Chicanos in Higher Education; Chicanas and Chicanos at the Ballot Box; 6. The Chicano Cultural Renaissance; Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals; Literature; Poetry; Art; Drama and Film; Music and Dance; A Silent Voice Emerges; Conclusion: Decline and Legacy; Further Reading; About the Author and Illustrator; Backcover