Chicano Movement

Sara E. Martínez, MLIS, manages the Nathan Hale branch of the Tulsa City-County Library's Hispanic Resource Center and was its founding coordinator.

• Series Foreword,Preface,Acknowledgments,Chronology,1 Bless Me, Ultima (1972),Synopsis,Historical Background: Bless Me, Ultima and the Nascent Chicano Consciousness,About Rudolfo Anaya,Why We Read Bless Me, Ultima,Historical Explorations,Documenting Bless Me, Ultima,Aztlán: The Aztec Legacy,From "Elegies on the Fall of the City" in Broken Spears, 1523,From The Buried Mirror, 1992,From El Plan Espiritual De Aztlán, 1969,Ethnicity and Identity: La Raza,From "The Cosmic Race," 1925,From The Buried Mirror, 1992,From I am Joaquin, 1967,Land and Loss: The Travesty of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,From The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848,From Platform of Las Gorras Blancas, 1890,From Tijerina Speaks Out on Martin Luther King's Assassination, 1968,From "In the Royal Village of the Holy Faith," Romance of the Little Village Girl, 1955,Notes,Suggested Readings,2 …Y No Se Lo Tragó La Tierra/This Migrant Earth (1970),Synopsis,Historical Background: This Migrant Earth. The Movement and La Causa,About Tomás Rivera,Why We Read This Migrant Earth,Historical Explorations,Documenting This Migrant Earth,Migrant Workers through the 1960s,From The Grapes of Wrath, 1939,From Far from Being Undesirables, 1928,From "Organization Efforts of Mexican Agricultural Workers," Labor Clarion, 1934,From "Organization Efforts of Mexican Agricultural Workers," 1938,The Bracero Program,From Roman Gaxiola Standard Work Contract, 1957,From Our Badge of Infamy, 1959,From Barrio Boy, 1971,Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers,From NUESTRO SOLIDO MOVIMIENTO/ Our Solid Movement, 1965,From SNCC THE MOVEMENT BOYCOTT SUPPLEMENT, 1965,From Las dos caras del patroncito/The Two Faces of the Patroncito, 1965,From The Plan of Delano, 1966,From The Union and the Strike, ca. 1965,From Getting a Contract, 1966,Notes,Suggested Readings,3 The Revolt of the Cockroach People (1973),Synopsis,Historical Background: The Revolt of the Cockroach People. Chicanos in Action in the Age of Aquarius,About Oscar Z. Acosta, "The Trouble We'd All Been Waiting For,"Why We Read The Revolt of the Cockroach People,Historical Explorations,Documenting The Revolt of the Cockroach People,The Blow Outs,From Méndez v. Westminster School District, 1946,From Blowouts! 1968,From Mexican-American School Walkout Focused on Problem, 1970,Police Brutality,From Mexican Americans and the Administration of Justice in the Southwest, 1970,From Rosalio Munoz's Letter to the Editor, 1971,From Chicano Leader Tells of Starting Violence to Justify Arrests, 1972,The Chicano Moratorium & Más Protestas,From Walkout in Albuquerque, 1966,From Mexican Americans Protest the Vietnam War, 1970,From Catolicos por La Raza, 1970,La Raza Unida Party,From Colorado Platform. La Raza Unida Party, 1972,From Texas Raza Unida Party. Political Action Program for the '70s, 1972,From A Gringo Manual on How to Handle Mexicans, 1974,Notes,Suggested Readings,4 The House on Mango Street (1984),Synopsis,Historical Background: The House on Mango Street. Chicanas: Women and the Chicano Movement,About Sandra Cisneros, "Her Power Is Her Own,"Why We Read The House on Mango Street,Historical Explorations,Documenting The House on Mango Street,Fierce Women in Chicano History,From Introduction to Malintzin Tenépal: A Preliminary Look into a New Perspective, 1977,From Hombres Necios Que Acusáis/A La Mujer Sin Razón, 1680,From The Wounding of the India-Mestiza, 1987,Chicanisma and the First Chicana National Conference,From The Woman of La Raza, 1969,From "La Nueva Chicana," 1971,From Workshop Resolutions: First National Chicana Conference, 1971,From A Chicana's Message, 1972,From "Empieza la revolución verdadera" [The Real Revolution Begins], 1971,From El día de la Chicana, 1987,Notes,Suggested Readings,Bibliography,Index,

This reference is a wonderful resource for students and teachers curious about the birth and importance of the Chicano Movement. Recommended.