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Author Vigil, Ernesto B., 1948-

Title The crusade for justice : Chicano militancy and the government's war on dissent / Ernesto B. Vigil
Published Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 487 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Rodolfo Gonzales' Crusade for Justice -- Politics, police controversies, surveillance -- The poor people's campaign -- Youth activism and the Crusade's new headquarters -- School protests and youth liberation -- Militancy and counterreaction -- East Los Angeles, August 29, 1970 -- Colorado in early 1970s, education, elections, parks, and prison activism -- La Raza Unida Party -- Wounded Knee as a prelude, the Crusade for Justice and the American Indian Movement -- Death and destruction on Downing Street, the March 17 confrontation -- The Crusade, AIM, and Leonard Peltier -- Conflicts, deaths, and indictments, 1973-1974 -- The conspiracy case against John Haro -- The system weathers the storm -- Witch hunts and grand juries -- Sliding backwards
Summary Recounts the history of a Chicano rights group in 1960s Denver
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century
Mexican Americans -- Southwest, New -- Politics and government
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Civil rights movements
Ethnic relations
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights
Mexican Americans -- Politics and government
Politics and government
Bürgerrecht
Südwesten
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme -- États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine mexicaine -- États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Droits -- États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- 20e siècle.
Ligues des droits de l'homme -- Etats-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- 1945-1990.
Autographed books -- Ventura College.
SUBJECT Southwest, New -- Ethnic relations
United States -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467
Subject New Southwest
United States
USA
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1945-1989.
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- Relations interethniques -- 20e siècle.
États-Unis -- Relations interethniques.
Etats-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- Relations interethniques -- 1945-1990.
Chicanos.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98051514
ISBN 0585252475
9780585252476