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Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Prologue; 1. Background to a Movement; What's a Chicano? Depends.; Dinner Party for El Movimiento; 500 Years of Conquest, Colonization, Disenfranchisement, and Exploitation in a Nutshell; Precursors to the Movement; 2. Finding Inspiration; Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the Organizers Tale; The Pilgrimage; Symbols of the Huelga; The Grape Boycott; 3. The Movement Spreads; Reies Lopez Tijerina and the Land Grant Movement; Land Grants and La Alianza; Rodolfo ""Corky"" Gonzalez and the Crusade for Justice; Chicano Youth and Liberation Conference El Plan ; Espiritual de Aztlan4. Escalation: Youth, Mobilization, Militancy, and Conflict; Student Walkouts and the Brown Berets; The Chicano Moratorium; 5. Pathways to Change; Chicanas and Chicanos in Higher Education; Chicanas and Chicanos at the Ballot Box; 6. The Chicano Cultural Renaissance; Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals; Literature; Poetry; Art; Drama and Film; Music and Dance; A Silent Voice Emerges; Conclusion: Decline and Legacy; Further Reading; About the Author and Illustrator; Backcover
Summary:
As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of its important figures pass on, so too does knowledge of its significance. Thus, Chicano Movement For Beginners is an important attempt to stave off historical amnesia. It seeks to shed light on the multifaceted civil rights struggle known as?El Movimiento? that galvanized the Mexican American community, from laborers to student activists, giving them not only a political voice to combat prejudice and inequality, but also a new sense of cultural awareness and ethnic pride. Beyond commemorating the past, Chicano Movement For Beginners seeks to reaffirm the goals and spirit of the Chicano Movement for the simple reason that many of the critical issues Mexican American activists first brought to the nation's attention then--educational disadvantage, endemic poverty, political exclusion, and social bias--remain as pervasive as ever almost half a century later
