Browsing all posts tagged with Chicanos.

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Hernández v. Texas

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

IN 1951 IN THE TOWN OF EDNA, TEXAS, a field hand named Pedro Hernández murdered his employer after exchanging words at a gritty cantina. From this seemingly unremarkable small-town murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would forever change the lives and legal standing of tens of millions of Americans.

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Chicana Art and Experience: Mujeres con Garbo!

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

AS HISTORY IN THE USA pointedly picks favorites, leaving some of us out of the books and movies and stories and truths, it is very important for raza to continue to tell our own stories through art, poetry, song, and performance. This is one of the reasons that arte is so integral to nuestra cultura.