Chicano Movement

Mario T. García is Professor of Chicano Studies and History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• AcknowledgementsForeword: The Chicano Movement: Does Anyone Care about What Happened 40 Years Ago?Jorge MariscalIntroduction: The Chicano Movement and Chicano HistoriographyMario T. GarcíaPart One: Community Struggles1. "All I Want is that He Be Punished": Border Patrol Violence, Women’s Voices and Chicano Activism in Early 1970s San DiegoJimmy Patiño2. Reinscribing the Voices of La Gente in the Narrative of the Chicano MovementLorena V. Márquez3. "Hoo-ray Gonzales!" Civil Rights Protest and Chicano Politics in Bakersfield, 1965-1974Oliver Rosales4. Alicia Escalante, The Chicana Welfare Rights Organization, and the Chicano MovementRosie Bermúdez5. Chicana/o Movement Grassroots Leftists and Radical Electoral Politics in Los Angeles, 1970-1980José G. Moreno6. ¡Ya Basta! The Struggle for Justice and Equality: The Chicano Power Movement in Oxnard, CaliforniaLuis H. MorenoPart Two: The Student Movement7. The Ideological Struggle for Chicana/o Unity and Power: A Short History of California M.E.Ch.A.Gustavo Licón8. Understanding the Role of Conflict, Factionalism, and Schism in the Development of the Chicano Student Movement: The Mexican American Student Association and La Vida Nueva at East Los Angeles CollegeMarisol MorenoPart Three: Geographic Diversity and the Chicano Movement9. San Antonio Chicano Organizers (SACO): Labor Activists and El MovimientoMax Krochmal10. "We Are a Distinct People": Defending Difference in Schools through the Chicano Movement in Michigan, 1966-1980Nora Salas11. Sin Fronteras: An Oral History of a Chicana Activist in Oregon during the Chicano MovementNorma CárdenasContributor BiographiesIndex

In The Chicano Movement: Perspectives from the 21st Century, Mario García gathers the newest scholarship on this important series of events. What emerges is a broader view of the Chicano movement that allows us to see its limits and reach. This book offers a fresh take on the Chicano movement from young, promising scholars, who will shape our understanding of this phenomenon for years to come. Anyone interested in Latino life and culture in the present, must read this book about the recent past, which challenges us to envision a more emancipatory future. — Ernesto Chávez, author of ¡Mi Raza Primero! (My People First): Nationalism, Identity, and Insurgency in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles, 1966-1978The authors in this volume offer new insights on the impact of Chicano Movement activism on localized struggles. Fresh perspectives on the Movement’s legacy emerge from case studies of Chicano/a advocacy for electoral power and the rights of immigrant women, students, welfare mothers, and laborers in rural and urban settings. — Christine Marie Sierra, co-editor of Chicana Voices: Intersections of Class, Race, and GenderThis work increases our knowledge of lesser-known but important individuals, organizations and peripheral communities that proved critical to the expansion of the Chicano Movement’s activism. It also introduces us to previously ignored topics in Movement studies. A must-read book for those interested in Chicano civil rights.— Ignacio M. Garcia, author of Chicanismo: The Forging of a Militant Ethos Among Mexican Americans