Racism on trial : the Chicano fight for justice / Ian F. Haney López.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haney-López, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Civil rights--California--East Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Race identity--California--East Los Angeles.

Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--California--East Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Political activists--Legal status, laws, etc--California--East Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Political activists.

Civil rights movements--California--East Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Racism--California--East Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Racism.

Racism--United States--Case studies.

History.

Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Mexican Americans--Race identity.

Mexican Americans--Civil rights.

East Los Angeles (Calif.)--Trials, litigation, etc.

East Los Angeles (Calif.).

East Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.

United States--Race relations--Case studies.

United States.

Race relations.

California--East Los Angeles.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.

Summary:

In 1968, ten thousand students marched in protest over the terrible conditions prevalent in the high schools of East Los Angeles, the largest Mexican community in the United States. Chanting "Chicano Power," the young insurgents not only demanded change but heralded a new racial politics. Frustrated with the previous generation's efforts to win equal treatment by portraying themselves as racially white, the Chicano protesters demanded justice as proud members of a brown race. The legacy of this fundamental shift continues to this day.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-311) and index.

ISBN:

067401068X

OCLC:

50906136