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UNINA9910960771603321 |
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Autore |
García Mario T |
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Titolo |
Blowout! : Sal Castro and the Chicano struggle for educational justice / / Mario T. García & Sal Castro |
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Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 |
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979-88-908850-3-6 |
979-88-9313-415-5 |
1-4696-0330-6 |
0-8078-7791-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (382 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Hispanic Americans - Education - United States |
Hispanic Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century |
Educational equalization - United States |
Race discrimination - United States |
United States Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: The Sal Castro Story; 1 Born in East L.A; 2 Veterano; 3 Viva Kennedy; 4 Mr. Castro; 5 The Mexican Schools; 6 Blowout: Part I; 7 Blowout: Part II; 8 The East L.A. 13; 9 Reprisals and Struggles; 10 All My Children; 11 Education Today and Legacies; EPILOGUE: The Camp Hess Kramer Spirit; AFTERWORD: Pedagogy of Chicano Power: Sal Castro, Paulo Freire, and the Mexican American Youth Leadership Conferences, 1963-1968; APPENDIX: Chicano Movement Historiography; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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