El curso de la raza : the education of Aurelio Manuel Montemayor /

El curso de la raza : the education of Aurelio Manuel Montemayor /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Montemayor, Aurelio M., author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2023]
Description:	xxiii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Montemayor, Aurelio M. Montemayor, Aurelio M. Mexican American political activists -- Texas, South -- Biography. Chicano movement -- Texas, South -- History. Mexican Americans -- Education -- Texas, South -- History -- 20th century. Mexican American leadership -- Texas, South -- History -- 20th century. Community leadership -- Texas, South -- Congresses. Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Congresses. Chicano movement. Mexican American leadership. Mexican American political activists. Mexican Americans -- Education. South Texas. Autobiographies. Biographies. History. Autobiographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13155624

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Varying Form of Title:	Education of Aurelio Manuel Montemayor
Other authors / contributors:	Garcia, Thomas Ray, author. Cantú, Norma E., 1947- writer of foreword. Orozco, Cynthia, writer of introduction.
ISBN:	9781648431272 1648431275 9781648431289
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"El Curso de la Raza: The Education of Aurelio Manuel Montemayor tells the story of Chicano activist and self-described fronterizo Aurelio Manuel Montemayor, whose dual identities as an educator and political organizer informed his hitherto little-known role in developing a course, or curso, that cultivated Chicano leadership from the barrios. This memoir follows Montemayor during the formative periods of his life-his education, his teaching career, his political awakening-to describe the development of his critical consciousness in 1960s America. The book combines the personal and the political, leading readers along a journey of self-discovery that results in Montemayor's most consequential, yet relatively unknown, contribution to el movimiento, the Curso de la Raza. Along the way, Montemayor grapples with his Mexican and American identities, foregoes his literary pursuits in favor of uplifting la raza, and navigates the pitfalls of movement politics. From marching with the Mexican American Youth Organization to cofounding the first independent Chicano college, Colegio Jacinto Treviño, he recounts lesser-known events and projects of Chicano activism in South Texas. In doing so, he provides a more complete portrait of the Chicano movement through the lens of an educator-turned-activist from the borderlands. In El Curso de la Raza, Montemayor contextualizes his critical consciousness for twenty-first-century audiences. Much like the goals of the Curso, the book aims to educate readers about deriving pedagogy from oppression, historicity from personality, and contemporary insights from past shortcomings"--
Other form:	Online version: Montemayor, Aurelio M. Curso de La Raza College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2023] 9781648431289

Table of Contents:

The Adopted Fronterizo
The Wound Widens
The Cursillo de Cristiandad
The Borderlands Pedagogue
Transcription of Hearing before the United States Commission on Civil Rights
The Path
The Testimony
The Curso de La Raza
Colegio Jacinto Treviño
Epilogue
Appendix A. Cursos y Recursos: A Proposal Submitted to the Campaign for Human Development
Appendix B. Rationale for a Chicano Learning Center.