03617nam 2200709 a 450 991081012110332120240514010729.0979-88-9313-412-41-4696-0319-50-8078-7787-5(CKB)2560000000071765(EBL)680720(OCoLC)715868046(SSID)ssj0000469160(PQKBManifestationID)11299147(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469160(PQKBWorkID)10511093(PQKB)10651982(StDuBDS)EDZ0000244380(MdBmJHUP)muse23336(Au-PeEL)EBL680720(CaPaEBR)ebr10460907(MiAaPQ)EBC680720(EXLCZ)99256000000007176520101126d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrFighting their own battles Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the struggle for civil rights in Texas /Brian D. Behnken1st ed.Chapel Hill [N.C.] University of North Carolina Pressc20111 online resource (368 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-1895-8 0-8078-3478-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Advancing the cause of democracy : the origins of protest in the long civil rights movement -- Sleeping on another man's wounds : the battle for integrated schools in the 1950s -- Nothing but victory can stop us : direct action and political action in the early 1960s -- Venceremos : the evolution of civil rights in the mid-1960s -- Am I my brother's keeper? : ecumenical activism in the Lone Star State -- The day of nonviolence is past : the era of Brown power and Black power in Texas -- Pawns, puppets, and ccapegoats : school desegregation in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Between 1940 and 1975, Mexican Americans and African Americans in Texas fought a number of battles in court, at the ballot box, in schools, and on the streets to eliminate segregation and state-imposed racism. Although both groups engaged in civil rights struggles as victims of similar forms of racism and discrimination, they were rarely unified. In Fighting Their Own Battles, Brian Behnken explores the cultural dissimilarities, geographical distance, class tensions, and organizational differences that all worked to separate Mexican Americans and blacks. Behnken further demonstratesMexican AmericansCivil rightsTexasHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsTexasHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsTexasHistory20th centurySchool integrationTexasHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansRelations with Mexican AmericansHistory20th centuryTexasRace relationsHistory20th centuryTexasEthnic relationsHistory20th centuryMexican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistorySchool integrationHistoryAfrican AmericansRelations with Mexican AmericansHistory305.8009764305.8009764Behnken Brian D1627955MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810121103321Fighting their own battles3992717UNINA