The Mexican American experience in Texas : citizenship, segregation, and the struggle for equality /

The Mexican American experience in Texas : citizenship, segregation, and the struggle for equality /

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Author / Creator:	Menchaca, Martha, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022. ©2022
Description:	338 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Texas bookshelf Texas bookshelf.
Subject:	Mexican Americans -- Political activity -- Texas -- History. Mexican Americans -- Texas -- History. Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans -- Political activity. Texas. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12716704

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ISBN:	9781477324370 1477324372 9781477324387 9781477324394
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Martha Menchaca begins with the Spanish settlement of Texas, exploring how Mexican Americans' racial heritage limited their incorporation into society after the territory's annexation. She then illustrates their political struggles in the nineteenth century as they tried to assert their legal rights of citizenship and retain possession of their land, and goes on to explore their fight, in the twentieth century, against educational segregation, jury exclusion, and housing covenants. It was only in 1967, she shows, that the collective pressure placed on the state government by Mexican American and African American activists led to the beginning of desegregation. Menchaca concludes with a look at the crucial role that Mexican Americans have played in national politics, education, philanthropy, and culture, while acknowledging the important work remaining to be done in the struggle for equality"--
Other form:	Online version: Menchaca, Martha. The Mexican American experience in Texas. First edition Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022 9781477324387

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