List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: “Those Times of Revolution” 1
1. “A Movable Object Meeting an Irresistible Force”: 9
Los Angeles’s Ethnic Mexican Community in the 1950s
and Early 1960s
2. “Birth of A New Symbol”: The Brown Berets 42
3. “Chale No, We Won’t Go!”: The Chicano Moratorium 61
Committee
4. “The Voice of the Chicano People”: La Raza Unida Party 80
5. “Un Pueblo Sin Fronteras”: The Centro de Acción Social 98
Autónomo (CASA)
Afterword: “Why Are We Not Marching Like in the ’70s?” 117
Notes 121
Bibliography 149
Index 159
Contents
1. “Mi Raza Primero!” poster 4
2. “Bato Loco Yesterday” illustration 58
3. “Brown Beret Today” illustration 58
4. “National Chicano Moratorium” poster 67
5. “Committee to Free Los Tres” poster 101
6. “¡Despierta Chicano, DeWende tu Hermano!” poster 105
7. Centro de Acción Social Autónomo (CASA) 111
“¡Resistencia!” poster