After only five years of diligent work, the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute announced last week that it was closer to an extraordinary goal: Establishing the nation’s first museum ...

Sarah Zenaida Gould, executive director of the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute, with items from the institutes growing archive, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021.

What does the Chicano Movement have to do with Cinco de Mayo? The celebration of Cinco de Mayo began as a form of resistance to the effects of the Mexican-American War in the late 19th century and ...

In a remarkable partnership of institutions in three Texas cities, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will host Crystal City 1969, a play based on the true-life story of Mexican-American teenagers ...

Object Details Author Behnken, Brian D Contents Introduction / Brian D. Behnken -- Not similar enough: Mexican American and African American civil rights struggles in the 1940s / Lisa Y. Ramos -- The ...

In 1968, Cisneros and a group of other Mexican American and African American parents filed a lawsuit against CCISD, which accused the district of segregation.

If we can’t even inspire native-born citizens to respect our flag and our freedoms, how can we expect new arrivals to do so?

Hopes for 'state of the art' Mexican American civil rights museum in SA gains steam Initially revealed last year, the future first-of-its-kind museum could go anywhere along a 2-mile stretch on ...

More Mexican Americans participated in school boards across the district. UCLA also saw an impressive increase in Mexican American student enrollment the year after the protest, from 100 to 1,900 ...

“Touring Crystal City, 1969 to the Guadalupe, is exciting because we are bringing a vital story of Mexican-American civil rights history to San Antonio, the hotbed of the Texas Chicano movement ...

Why I Fought for Mexican American Civil Rights in Texas José Angel Gutiérrez cofounded the Raza Unida Party, one of the most ambitious political forces to emerge from the Chicano Movement. José ...