Seattle's El Centro de la Raza

Bruce E. Johansen is professor emeritus of communication and Native American studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha

• Preface: These Walls Tell StoriesIntroduction: Building Alliances for Fundamental ChangesChapter 1. Early Lessons in Race and Class: Roberto Maestas’ Early Life Chapter 2. Seattle: Dr. King’s Living Laboratory Chapter 3. La Plaza de Seattle Chapter 4.La Casa Nueva: Negotiating a Community Chapter 5. Gumshoes Come Calling Chapter 6. A Home, Created Chapter 7. Fishing Wars Chapter 8. Sandinista Sister City: El Centro de la Raza’s “Foreign Policy” Chapter 9. Martin Luther King County Chapter 10. An Institution Matures (1990-2011)Chapter 11. Roberto F. Maestas, ¡Presente!Chapter 12. La Lucha Continua: The Struggle Continues Chapter 13. Common Threads and Lessons Learned: ‘Our Separate Struggles Are Really One’

This book provides solid scholarship which contributes to the research and writing on diversity. Furthermore, this book is relative in providing outliers of assortment, coalitions, and alliances among people of color. Likewise, there is a need for research and writing, which expresses the comparative value of uniformity in America.