Title The struggle in Black and brown : African American and Mexican American relations during the civil rights era / edited and with an introduction by Brian D. Behnken

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations Series Justice and social inquiry Justice and social inquiry. Contents Introduction / Brian D. Behnken -- Not similar enough: Mexican American and African American civil rights struggles in the 1940s / Lisa Y. Ramos -- The movement in the mirror: civil rights and the causes of Black-brown disunity in Texas -- Brian D. Behnken -- Complicating the beloved community: the student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Farm Workers Association / Lauren Araiza -- The Neighborhood Adult Participation Project: Black-brown strife in the war on poverty in Los Angeles / Robert Bauman -- "Mexican versus negro approaches" to the war on poverty: Black-brown competition and the Office of Economic Opportunity in Texas / William Clayson -- Cesar and Martin, March '68 / Jorge Mariscal -- Black, brown, and poor: civil rights and the making of the Chicano movement / Gordon Mantler -- Brown-eyed soul: popular music and cultural politics in Los Angeles / Luis Alvarez and Daniel Widener -- Raising a neighborhood: informal networks between African American and Mexican American women in South Central Los Angeles / Abigail Rosas -- A new day in Babylon: African American and Mexican American relations at the dawn of the millennium / Matthew C. Whitaker Summary It might seem that African Americans and Mexican Americans would have common cause in matters of civil rights. This volume, which considers relations between blacks and browns during the civil rights era, carefully examines the complex and multifaceted realities that complicate such assumptions-and that revise our view of both the civil rights struggle and black-brown relations in recent history. Unique in its focus, innovative in its methods, and broad in its approach to various locales and time periods, the book provides key perspectives to understanding the development of America's ethnic a Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Relations with Mexican Americans -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Relations with Mexican Americans Civil rights movements Ethnic relations Mexican Americans -- Civil rights Race relations Medborgarrättsrörelser -- Förenta staterna. Rasrelationer -- Förenta staterna. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Behnken, Brian D., editor, writer of introduction. LC no. 2011032970 ISBN 9780803262744 0803262744 9786613593030 6613593036

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