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Summary:

"Inspired by a 1968 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights six-day hearing in San Antonio that introduced the Mexican American people to the rest of the nation, this book is an examination of the social change of Mexican Americans of Texas over the past half century with recommendations for the future of immigration, voting rights, educational equity, employment and economic security, health and the criminal justice system"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Intro
• Contents
• Series Editor Foreword, by Rubén Martinez
• Foreword, by David Montejano
• Preface
• Texas Mexicans in the Post-Civil Rights Era, by Robert Brischetto
• The Latino Population of Texas: 1960-2018, by Rogelio Sáenz
• Civil Rights and Immigration: Fifty Years of Failed U.S. Immigration Laws, by Lee J. Terán
• Mexican American Voting Rights in Texas, by José Roberto Juárez, Jr.
• Voter Discrimination in Texas, by Henry Flores
• Barriers to the Ballot Box in Texas, by Kevin Morris and Myrna Pérez
• Unmet Promises in Texas Education, by David Hinojosa, María "Cuca" Robledo Montecel, and Aurelio M. Montemayor
• The Farmworkers of Texas, by Rebecca Flores with Juanita Valdez-Cox and James C. Harrington
• Fair Housing in America and Texas: Mexican American Housing Discrimination and Homeownership Trends, by Alejandro Becerra and Henry Cisneros
• Employment and Economic Security Challenges for Mexican Americans in Texas, by Ernest J. Gerlach
• Achieving Economic Security for Texas Mexican Americans, by Marie T. Mora and Alberto Dávila
• Chicano Activism: Pathway to Healthy Communities, by Juan H. Flores
• Mexican American Criminal Injustice in Texas, by Lupe S. Salinas
• Contributors

Contributors:

Avena, J. Richard , editor

Brischetto, Robert R. , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Latinos in the United States series

Subjects:

Social change — Texas

Race discrimination — Texas

Mexican Americans — Texas — Social conditions

Mexican Americans — Civil rights — Texas

Texas — Race relations

Social change

Race discrimination

Mexican Americans — Social conditions

Mexican Americans

Mexican Americans — Civil rights

Race relations

Texas

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

F395.M5 M476 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781609176792
1609176790
9781628954463 (electronic bk.)
1628954469 (electronic bk.)
9781611864045 [Invalid]
1611864046 [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021001042 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1266895430