Testimonio : A Documentary History of the Mexican-American Struggle for Civil Rights,9781558852990

Testimonio : A Documentary History of the Mexican-American Struggle for Civil Rights

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ISBN13: 9781558852990
ISBN10: 1558852999
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Pub. Date: 2000-10-01
Publisher(s): Arte Publico Pr
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Table of Contents

Introduction xv
Nineteenth-Century Mexicans in the Southwest and Civil Rights
Introduction
1(41)
Early Signs of Manifest Destiny
8(2)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
10(6)
The ``Gadsden Purchase''
16(4)
Angelinos Resist
20(2)
Tejanos Lose Land
22(1)
Anglo Squatters in Arizona
23(3)
Maintaining Spanish
26(2)
Social Bandits
28(1)
Las Gorras Blancas
29(2)
The Legacy of the Vallejos
31(2)
An Old-timer in Phoenix
33(4)
Guadalupe Vallejo
37(2)
Catarino Garza
39(3)
``The Brown Scare'': The Mexican Revolution as a Source of Conflict
Introduction
42(34)
Ricardo Flores Magon
47(4)
``Low-Lifed Mexican''
51(1)
The ``Brown Scare''
52(3)
``A Conspiracy Has Been Unearthed''
55(6)
The Texas Rangers
61(2)
El Plan de San Diego
63(3)
``A Favor for an Old Mexican Rancher''
66(2)
The Porvenir Massacre
68(3)
Canales Testifies Against the Rangers
71(2)
``Could Not Live with Them on Genial Terms''
73(1)
The Dangerous Crossing
74(2)
World War I and Massive Immigration in the 1920s
Introduction
76(27)
``For the Most Part They Return''
82(2)
Crossing the Border
84(2)
``Far From Being Undesirables''
86(2)
Waivers to the 1917 Act
88(2)
``Gaining the Precious Genes of Nordics''
90(1)
Alonso S. Perales and Mexican Immigration
91(2)
The Race Question
93(3)
``Give Their Places to Americans''
96(2)
The 1929 Act
98(2)
Mexican Americans Support Immigrants
100(1)
``To Rid This Community of Mexicans''
101(2)
Immigrant Mobilization
Introduction
103(31)
``The Spirit and Solidarity of Brotherhood''
107(1)
Mexicanness and Racial Pride
108(3)
The Leon Cardenas Martinez Case
111(3)
La Liga Protectora Latina
114(2)
America for America
116(2)
``An American... Who Loves Mexican People''
118(2)
The Clemency Movements
120(2)
Aurelio Pompa
122(1)
Vida, Proceso, y Muerte de Aurelio Pompa---Corrido
123(3)
Desegregation Success---Arizona
126(2)
Desegregation Success---California
128(2)
Desegregation Failure---Kansas
130(2)
A Mexican Colonia During the Great Depression
132(2)
Mexican Government and El Mexico de Afuera
Introduction
134(23)
Mexicans on Death Row
139(2)
The Draft Issue During World War I
141(1)
Mistreatment and the Need for Mexican Labor
142(2)
Documenting Mistreatment
144(2)
The Comisiones Honorificas Mexicanas and Las Brigadas de la Cruz Azul Mexicanas
146(3)
Mexican Study of Immigrant Conditions
149(2)
The Mexican Government and Segregation
151(2)
Police as Criminals
153(2)
Mob Violence towards Mexicans
155(1)
Lazaro Cardenas and Mexican Immigration Policy
156(1)
Mexican American Mobilization
Introduction
157(59)
Early Mexican Americanism
164(1)
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
165(2)
Alonso S. Perales on the Ideals of Mexican Americans
167(1)
A Pioneer in Mexican Americanism
168(2)
Consoling Loyalty to the United States of America
170(2)
The Social Security Classification
172(1)
A Poignant Defense of the Whiteness of Mexicans
173(1)
Faith in Americanization
174(2)
Bert Corona and Mexican Americanism
176(2)
World War II and Mexican Americans
178(2)
A Veteran Returns to Mexico
180(1)
Protesting Lack of Recognition During World War II
181(2)
The Optimism of Returning Soldiers
183(2)
El Club Chapultepec
185(2)
The Citizen's Committee for Latin American Youth
187(5)
The Spears Bill
192(2)
Mendez v. Westminster
194(11)
Judge Pena Remembers Desegregation Efforts
205(2)
Mexican Americans and Ambiguity about Claiming Whiteness
207(4)
Dolores Huerta on the Community Services Organization
211(1)
Keeping in Touch with JFK
212(2)
Mexican Americanism Becomes Militant
214(2)
Defense in the Workplace
Introduction
216(53)
Daniel Venegas and the Workplace
223(1)
Boss Violence in Track Work
224(2)
Labor Competition and Violence
226(2)
LULAC Defends White Worker Threats
228(2)
``Black Lung'' Disease
230(1)
The Mammoth Tank Battle
231(1)
``¡Solidaridad! ¡Solidaridad!''
232(1)
The Bisbee Deportations
233(3)
Workers' Demands in Clifton, Arizona---1918
236(1)
Agricultural Workers in California
237(1)
An Early Labor Society
238(1)
Mainstream American Unions and Mexicans
239(2)
Mexican Unions Emerge in the United States
241(2)
Unionism in the Agricultural Fields
243(3)
Radicals and Mexican Agricultural Workers in California
246(1)
Emma Tenayuca
247(2)
The Memorial Day Massacre
249(9)
Luisa Moreno
258(1)
The Empire Zinc Strike
259(3)
Striving for Equal Opportunity
262(2)
``On the Day They Were Defeated''
264(2)
``If We Are Given the Opportunity...''
266(1)
The Mine Mill
267(2)
Catalysts of the Chicano Movement: Farm Worker Organizers and Land Grant Crusaders
Introduction
269(59)
Chavez's Organizing: the Early Years
276(6)
Cesar Chavez on How It Began
282(3)
Getting a Contract
285(8)
MAPA Supports the Union
293(2)
El Plan de Delano and the Chicano Student Movement
295(1)
Boycott Strategy
296(2)
The Texas Farm Worker Movement
298(2)
Texas Rangers Suppress Farm Worker Organizing
300(2)
The Farm Worker Union in Arizona
302(1)
The Farm Worker Union Opposes Immigrant Workers
303(2)
Young Organizers Meet in New Mexico
305(1)
Poor People's March
306(2)
Tijerina Speaks Out on Martin Luther King's Assassination
308(13)
Tijerina Runs for Governor
321(1)
A Government Agency Is Critical of Suppression
322(3)
Protesting the El Paso Conference
325(2)
Patsy Tijerina
327(1)
Chicanismo, Youth, and La Raza Unida Party
Introduction
328(79)
Rodolfo ``Corky'' Gonzales Speaks Out
339(9)
United Mexican American Students (UMAS)
348(2)
Marcha de la Reconquista
350(2)
Police Brutality
352(1)
Blowouts!
353(2)
The McKnight Letter
355(5)
School Walkouts by the Crusade for Justice
360(1)
The National Chicano Liberation Youth Conference
361(3)
El Plan de Santa Barbara
364(6)
The Movimiento and the Catholic Church
370(2)
Early Chicana Feminism
372(2)
Mexican Americans Protest the Vietnam War
374(1)
Rosalio Munoz's Assessment of LAPD-Mexican American Relations
375(2)
Arizona State University Chicano Students Awaken
377(2)
Chicanos Por La Causa
379(2)
La Caravana de la Reconquista
381(2)
Formation of the Mexican American Youth Movement (MAYO)
383(2)
MAYO Membership Requirements
385(1)
Walkout Fever Spreads
386(1)
Walkouts in Crystal City
387(2)
La Raza Unida in Colorado
389(2)
Chicanas and La Raza Unida Party
391(3)
The August 29th Movement
394(6)
Bilingual Education and MALDEF
400(4)
LULAC Veers to the Left
404(3)
Bibliography 407(6)
Index 413(12)
Photo Credits 425

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