Latino Civil Rights in Education: La Lucha Siguedocuments 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.
Foreword Latina(o) Civil Rights Movement: A Deferred Revolution
Donaldo Macedo
Introduction
Chapter 1. Latino Educational Civil Rights: A Critical Sociohistorical Narrative Analysis
Anaida Col?n-Mu?iz and Magaly Lavadenz
Chapter 2. Recognizing Inequality and the Pursuit of Equity: A Legal and Social Equity Framework
Alberto M. Ochoa
Chapter 3. The Lemon Grove Desegregation Case: a Matter of Neglected History
Mike Madrid
Chapter 4. The Meaning of M?ndez
Sandra Robbie
Chapter 5. My Recollection of a Failed Attempt to Return the Schools to the Public
Luis Fuentes (narrated by Anaida Col?n-Mu?iz)
Chapter 6. The BC 44, Ethnic Studies, and Transformative Education
Sonia Nieto
Chapter 7. Memoirs of El Centro: The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement in Higher Education
Pedro Pedraza
Chapter 8. The 1968 Los Angeles Chicano Walkout
Herman Sillas
Chapter 9. Lalsy