Latino Civil Rights In Education

Author : Anaida Colón-Muñiz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317373421
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latino Civil Rights in Education written by Anaida Colón-Muñiz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latino Civil Rights in Education: La Lucha Sigue documents the experiences of historical and contemporary advocates in the movement for civil rights in education of Latinos in the United States. These critical narratives and counternarratives discuss identity, inequality, desegregation, policy, public school, bilingual education, higher education, family engagement, and more, comprising an ongoing effort to improve the conditions of schooling for Latino children. Featuring the perspectives and research of Latino educators, sociologists, historians, attorneys, and academics whose lives were guided by this movement, the book holds broad applications in the study and continuation of social justice and activism today.

Author : Anaida Colon-Muniz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317373413
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latino Civil Rights in Education written by Anaida Colon-Muniz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latino Civil Rights in Education: La Lucha Sigue documents the experiences of historical and contemporary advocates in the movement for civil rights in education of Latinos in the United States. These critical narratives and counternarratives discuss identity, inequality, desegregation, policy, public school, bilingual education, higher education, family engagement, and more, comprising an ongoing effort to improve the conditions of schooling for Latino children. Featuring the perspectives and research of Latino educators, sociologists, historians, attorneys, and academics whose lives were guided by this movement, the book holds broad applications in the study and continuation of social justice and activism today.

Author : Rubén Donato
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791435199
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Struggle for Equal Schools written by Rubén Donato and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the Mexican American struggle for equal education during the 1960s and 1970s in the Southwest in general and in a California community in particular, Donato challenges conventional wisdom that Mexican Americans were passive victims, accepting their educational fates. He looks at how Mexican American parents confronted the relative tranquility of school governance, how educators responded to increasing numbers of Mexican Americans in schools, how school officials viewed problems faced by Mexican American children, and why educators chose specific remedies. Finally, he examines how federal, state, and local educational policies corresponded with the desires of the Mexican American community.

Author : Thomas Arkham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1422293238
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latino American Civil Rights written by Thomas Arkham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans with darker skin colors have often faced discrimination in the United States. Hispanic Americans, like other minority groups, have had to fight to be treated fairly. Today, there are millions of Hispanics in the country, spread across every state of the nation. They are the fastest growing minority in the United States—but the fact that they are spread out makes them weaker as a group. Hispanics must work together to stand up for their rights. Learn about the Latino civil rights movement. Find out how Hispanic Americans are fighting for their rights!

Author : Thomas P. Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexican Americans in School written by Thomas P. Carter and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : F. Arturo Rosales
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611920949
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement written by F. Arturo Rosales and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement is the most comprehensive account of the arduous struggle by Mexican Americans to secure and protect their civil rights. It is also a companion volume to the critically acclaimed, four-part documentary series of the same title, which is now available on video from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Both this published volume and the video series are a testament to the Mexican American communityÍs hard-fought battle for social and legal equality as well as political and cultural identity. Since the United States-Mexico War, 1846-1848, Mexican Americans have striven to achieve full rights as citizens. From peaceful resistance and violent demonstrations, when their rights were ignored or abused, to the establishment of support organizations to carry on the struggle and the formation of labor unions to provide a united voice, the movement grew in strength and in numbers. However, it was during the 1960s and 1970s that the campaign exploded into a nationwide groundswell of Mexican Americans laying claim, once and for all, to their civil rights and asserting their cultural heritage. They took a name that had been used disparagingly against them for years„Chicano„and fashioned it into a battle cry, a term of pride, affirmation and struggle. Aimed at a broad general audience as well as college and high school students, Chicano! focuses on four themes: land, labor, educational reform and government. With solid research, accessible language and historical photographs, this volume highlights individuals, issues and pivotal developments that culminated in and comprised a landmark period for the second largest ethnic minority in the United States. Chicano! is a compelling monument to the individuals and events that transformed society.

Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexican American Education Study Report written by United States Commission on Civil Rights and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights. California Advisory Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education and the Mexican American Community in Los Angeles County written by United States Commission on Civil Rights. California Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights. California Advisory Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educational Neglect of Mexican American Students in the Lucia Mar Unified School District, Pismo Beach, California written by United States Commission on Civil Rights. California Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philippa Strum
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700617191
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mendez v. Westminster written by Philippa Strum and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Brown v. Board of Education remains much more famous, Mendez v. Westminster School District (1947) was actually the first case in which segregation in education was successfully challenged in federal court. Finally giving Mendez its due, Philippa Strum provides a concise and compelling account of its legal issues and legacy, while retaining its essential human face: that of Mexican Americans unwilling to accept second-class citizenship. 1945 Gonzalo and Felcitas Mendez, California farmers, sent their children off to the local school, only to be told that the youngsters would have to attend a separate facility reserved for Mexican Americans. In response the Mendezes and other aggrieved parents from nearby school districts went to federal court to challenge the segregation. Uniquely, they did not claim racial discrimination, since Mexicans were legally considered white, but rather discrimination based on ancestry and supposed "language deficiency" that denied their children their Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection under the law. In 1945 Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez, California farmers, sent their children off to the local school, only to be told that the youngsters would have to attend a separate facility reserved for Mexican Americans. In response the Mendezes and other aggrieved parents from nearby school districts went to federal court to challenge the segregation. Uniquely, they did not claim racial discrimination, since Mexicans were legally considered white, but rather discrimination based on ancestry and supposed "language deficiency" that denied their children their Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection under the law. Strum tells how, thanks to attorney David Marcus's carefully crafted arguments, federal district court judge Paul McCormick came to support the plaintiffs on the grounds that the social, psychological, and pedagogical costs of segregated education were damaging to Mexican-American children. The school districts claimed that federal courts had no jurisdiction over education, but the Ninth Circuit upheld McCormick's decision, ruling that the schools' actions violated California law. The appeal to the Ninth Circuit was supported by amicus briefs from leading civil liberties organizations, including the NAACP, which a few years later would adapt the arguments of Mendez in representing the plaintiffs in Brown. Strum effectively weaves together narrative and analysis with personality portraits to create a highly readable and accessible story, allowing us to hear the voices of all the protagonists. She also presents the issues evenhandedly, effectively balancing her presentation of arguments by both the plaintiffs and the schools that sought to continue the segregation of Mexican-American students. Ultimately, Mendez highlights how Mexican Americans took the lead to secure their civil rights and demonstrates how organization, courage, and persistence in the Mexican-American communities could overcome the racism of the school boards. Their inspiring example is particularly timely given the current controversies over immigration and the growing national interest in Latino life.