Blowout!: Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice

by Mario T. Garca, Mario T. García, Sal Castro, et al.

Book Overview

In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic walkouts, or "blowouts," the students were led by Sal Castro, a courageous and charismatic Mexican American teacher who encouraged the students to make their grievances public after school administrators and school board...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807834483
• ISBN13: 9780807834480
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"