Racism on Trial: The Chicano Fight for Justice

By Ian F. Haney-Lopez and Ian F. Haney-López

Book Overview

In 1968, ten thousand students marched in protest over the terrible conditions prevalent in the high schools of East Los Angeles, the largest Mexican community in the United States. Chanting Chicano Power, the young insurgents not only demanded change but heralded a new racial politics. Frustrated with the previous generation's efforts to win equal treatment by portraying themselves as racially white, the Chicano protesters demanded justice as proud members of a brown race. The legacy of this fundamental shift continues to this day.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067401068X
• ISBN13: 9780674010680
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.4"