The Mexican American experience in Texas: citizenship, segregation, and the struggle for equality

For hundreds of years, Mexican Americans in Texas have fought against political oppression and exclusion-in courtrooms, in schools, at the ballot box, and beyond. Through a detailed exploration of this long battle for equality, this book illuminates critical moments of both struggle and triumph in t...

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1. Verfasser: Menchaca, Martha 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press [2022]
Ausgabe:1. edition
Schriftenreihe:The Texas Bookshelf
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Zusammenfassung:For hundreds of years, Mexican Americans in Texas have fought against political oppression and exclusion-in courtrooms, in schools, at the ballot box, and beyond. Through a detailed exploration of this long battle for equality, this book illuminates critical moments of both struggle and triumph in the Mexican American experience. Martha Menchaca begins with the Spanish settlement of Texas, exploring how Mexican Americans' racial heritage limited their incorporation into society after the territory's annexation. She then illustrates their political struggles in the nineteenth century as they tried to assert their legal rights of citizenship and retain possession of their land, and goes on to explore their fight, in the twentieth century, against educational segregation, jury exclusion, and housing covenants. It was only in 1967, she shows, that the collective pressure placed on the state government by Mexican American and African American activists led to the beginning of desegregation. Menchaca concludes with a look at the crucial roles that Mexican Americans have played in national politics, education, philanthropy, and culture, while acknowledging the important work remaining to be done in the struggle for equality
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ISBN:9781477324387
9781477324394
DOI:10.7560/324370

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