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La causa : civil rights, social justice, and the struggle for equality in the Midwest
- Title
- La causa : civil rights, social justice, and the struggle for equality in the Midwest / Gilberto Cárdenas, editor ; foreword by Henry A.J. Ramos.
- Publication
- Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, ©2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | F358.2.S75 C38 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 205 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Combining both the research and analyses by these scholars and their supplementary documents - including charts, tables, and other materials, - La Causa fills a gaping void in the literature available about civil rights and Latinos in the Midwest."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Hispanic civil rights series
- Uniform Title
- Hispanic civil rights series
- Subject
- Hispanic Americans > Civil rights > Middle West
- Hispanic Americans > Middle West > Politics and government
- Civil rights movements > Middle West
- Social justice > Middle West
- Equality > Middle West
- Community life > Middle West
- Civil rights movements
- Community life
- Equality
- Ethnic relations
- Hispanic Americans > Civil rights
- Hispanic Americans > Politics and government
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Social justice
- Bürgerrecht
- Gesellschaftsleben
- Middle West > Social conditions
- Middle West > Ethnic relations
- Middle West > Politics and government
- Middle West
- USA > Mittlerer Westen
- Chicanos
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction : La causa : civil rights and struggles for equality in the midwest / Gilberto Cardenas -- Latinos in the Midwest : civil rights and community organization / Ricardo Parra -- Latinos and the growth of political empowerment in Illinois / Patricia Mendoza -- From La Lucha to Latino : ethnic change, political identity, and civil rights in Chicago / David A. Badillo -- The Latino Institute : promoting Latino progress through policy analysis, leadership development, and advocacy / Sylvia Puente, Victor Ortiz -- In search of meaningful voice and place : the IPO and Latino community empowerment in Chicago / Maria de Los Angeles Torres -- Civil rights and the Latino community : education / Judith Murphy -- In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 : implications for midwest Latinos / Refugio I. Rochin, Alex Santana -- Latinos struggle for equality : a case study of Nebraska's Latino communities / Miguel A. Carranza -- Mujeres Latinas en accion : a case study of Latina civil rights / Martha Zurita.
- ISBN
- 1558854258
- 9781558854253
- LCCN
- 2004041078
- OCLC
- ocm54365140
- 54365140
- SCSB-1342124
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library