Mexican American history 
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SOURCE: Public Books
11/20/2020
The Enduring Disposability Of Latinx Workers
by Natalia Molina
"For over a century, we have excused systemic inequalities, justifying them by pointing to Mexicans’ difference from 'us'."
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SOURCE: KGW8
10/2/2020
Meet the Mexican Workers Who Helped Feed America During World War II
Portland State history professor Marc Rodriguez discusses how the program addressed the United States' agricultural labor needs and started the settlement of Latino communities in new parts of the nation.
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SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News
9/22/2020
Alonso Perales May be the Most Important Mexican American Civil Rights Figure that No One Knows
Alonso Perales may be one of the most influential Mexican Americans of the 20th century who’s still relatively unknown; historian Cynthia Orozco hopes to correct that.
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SOURCE: CNN
9/16/2020
In a Horrifying History of Forced Sterilizations, Some Fear the US is Beginning a New Chapter
Historians and ethnic studies and legal scholars Natalia Molina, Alexandra Minna Stern, Alan Kraut and Maybell Romero comment on recent whistleblower allegations that ICE detention facilities forced migrant women to have hysterectomies. American racism has long showed itself around questions of who gets to control their own bodies.
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9/13/2020
Twenty-One Days Later: Ventura County's Participation in the Chicano Moratorium of 1970
by Frank P. Barajas
Police responded brutally to the 1970 Chicano Moratorium protest march in East Los Angeles, including killing journalist Ruben Salazar. This news spread to smaller Chicano communities in the state and beyond and sparked a politicial movement for justice that echoes today.
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SOURCE: NPR
8/28/2020
Protests, Yesterday and Today
Historian Lorena Oropeza discusses the Chicano Moratorium protests against the war in Vietnam and the denial of opportunity to ethnic Mexican people in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
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SOURCE: Herald-Mail Media (From Los Angeles Times)
8/31/2020
50 Years Later, Mexican American Vietnam War Vets Recall Protests That Conflict Inspired
At the 50th anniversary of the 2nd Chicano Moratorium protest against the Vietnam War, Mexican American veterans and historians reflect on how the war and the protests affected Mexican Americans.
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SOURCE: Texas Tribune
The Texas Rangers' Lore Spurred Cultural Fawning and Sports Namesakes that have Long Masked a History of Violence and Racism
John Morán González (University of Texas) and Benjamin Johnson (Loyola University, Chicago) founded Refusing to Forget, an organization that hopes to educate people about state-sanctioned violence against Tejanos in the early 20th century, including by the Texas Rangers.
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SOURCE: New York Times
8/13/2020
In Women’s Suffrage, a Spotlight for Unsung Pioneers
The New York Times will run a special section highlighting the contributions of lesser-known champions of suffrage and the political rights of women.
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SOURCE: Mother Jones
7/22/2020
A Century Ago, One Lawmaker Went After the Most Powerful Cops in Texas. Then They Went After Him.
by Tim Murphy
The Texas Rangers were vicious enforcers of white power. J.T. Canales was the only Mexican American in the legislature. He lost the fight, but the reckoning he sought is finally underway. Historians Monica Muñoz Martinez and Doug Swanson explain.
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SOURCE: KCRW
6/24/2020
Who Owns History? New Book Reconsiders San Gabriel Valley’s Pioneer Past
The local history project East of East seeks to amplify the histories of people of color in El Monte, CA.
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6/14/2020
The Vexations of History In An Age of Police Violence: A Ventura County California Perspective
by Frank P. Barajas
Protests like those in the author's home city show that minority communities across the nation have longstanding historical grievances against police departments that must be addressed with meaningful change.
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2/9/20
Remembrances, Race, and Role Models: The Renaming of a Middle School
by Frank P. Barajas
The new name of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, whatever it will be, should have a recognizable footnote so people can learn not only about the totality of Oxnard’s history but also its relationship with larger national currents.
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5/12/19
The Remarkable History of the Union League Club
by Michael Hogan
Few remember the pivotal role played by a small social club in New York City during the Civil War and beyond.
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SOURCE: Express-News
2/23/19
Mexicans and Mexican-Americans the ‘forgotten dead’ in Texas history
Jim Crow-style discrimination against Mexican-Americans routinely occurred in Texas, some of it even into the 1960s.
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SOURCE: Ruidoso News
2/14/19
Cynthia E. Orozco presents at Latino history Texas symposium
Orozco is the author of "No Mexicans, Women or Dogs, the Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement," a history of the origins of LULAC.
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SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
7-18-16
Professors: Mexican-American history textbook is 'offensive'
Reviewers found at least 3 errors per page, calling material 'useless.'
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