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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674016297
• ISBN13: 9780674016293
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.7"