Marching Students: Chicana and Chicano Activism in Education, 1968 to the Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780874178418)

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 Gonz lez, 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. Sol rzano, Carlos Tejeda

Author: Margarita Berta-Avila, Anita Tijerina-Revilla, Julie Figueroa
ISBN-10: 087417841X
ISBN-13: 9780874178418
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2011
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.05w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2011 pg. 218