Marching students : Chicana and Chicano activism in education, 1968 to the present / edited by Margarita Berta-Ávila, Anita Tijerina Revilla, Julie López Figueroa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berta-Ávila, Margarita, 1972-

Tijerina Revilla, Anita , 1973-

López Figueroa, Julie, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American students--Social conditions.

Hispanic American students.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Student movements.

History.

Social conditions.

United States.

Student movements--United States--History--20th century.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2011]

Summary:

In 1968 over 10,000 Chicana/o high school students in East Los Angeles walked out of their schools in the first major protest against racism and educational inequality staged by Mexican Americans in the United States. They ignited the Mexican-American civil rights movement, which opened the doors to higher education and equal opportunity in employment for Mexican Americans and other Latinos previously excluded. Marching Students is a collaborative effort by Chicana/o scholars in several fields to place the 1968 walkouts and Chicana and Chicano Civil Rights Movement in historical context, highlighting the contribution of Chicana/o educators, students, and community activists to minority education. Contributors: Alejandro Covarrubias, Xico González, Eracleo Guevara, Adriana Katzew, Lilia R. De Katzew, Rita Kohli, Edward M. Olivos, Alejo Padilla, Carmen E. Quintana, Evelyn M. Rangel-Medina, Marianna Rivera, Daniel G. Solórzano, Carlos Tejeda

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780874178418

087417841X

OCLC:

662152798