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The Magic Key

The Educational Journey of Mexican Americans from K-12 to College and Beyond

Edited by Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado; Introduction by Patricia Gándara
University of Texas Press

This much-needed volume provides a comprehensive empirical study of the school experiences of Mexican Americans and those who help them succeed.

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Queer Brown Voices

Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism

University of Texas Press

Essays chronicling the experiences of fourteen Latina/o LGBT activists present a new perspective on the hitherto-marginalized history of their work in the last three decades of the twentieth century.

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Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Political Organizations

Choosing Issues, Taking Sides

University of Texas Press

This book sheds new light on the process of political identity formation through a study of the identity politics practiced by four major Mexican American political organizations.

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Felix Longoria's Wake

Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism

University of Texas Press

How a controversy over a slain Mexican American soldier contributed to the rise of Mexican American activism.

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Black-Brown Relations and Stereotypes

University of Texas Press

Offering some of the first in-depth analyses of how African Americans and Hispanics perceive and interact with each other, this pathfinding study looks at black-brown relations in Houston, Texas, one of the largest U.S. cities with a majority ethnic popul

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They Called Them Greasers

Anglo Attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821–1900

University of Texas Press

This seminal work in the historical literature of race relations in Texas examines the attitudes of whites toward Mexicans in nineteenth-century Texas.

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