Mariscal, George

Brown-eyed children of the sun lessons from the Chicano movement, 1965-1975 George Mariscal - Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press 2005 - x, 348 pages : illustrations ; Paperback 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-338) and index.

"Through a smoking glass darkly" -- "Revolutionaries have no race" -- "Tu querida presencia" -- "Nonviolence is the only weapon" -- "Brown and black together (as long as the sun and the moon shall shine)" -- "To demand that the university work for our people."

"Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun is a new study of the Chicano/a movement, El Movimiento, and its multiple ideologies. The late 1960s marked the first time U.S. society witnessed Americans of Mexican descent on a national stage as self-determined individuals and collective actors rather than second-class citizens. George Mariscal's book examines the Chicano movement's quest for equal rights and economic justice in the context of the Viet Nam War era."--Jacket.

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1900-1999


Mexican Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity.
Chicano movement.
Civil rights workers--History--United States--20th century.
Political activists--History--United States--20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.


United States--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.



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