Chicano movement

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• SOURCE: USC School of Cinematic Arts
  11/11/2021
  

  View the Pioneering 1971 TV Series "Chicano" Through the USC Moving Image Archive

  The Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts has made available recently preserved video of the 1971 television program "Chicano," a pioneering examination of the political, social and cultural concerns of Mexican Americans in California and the U.S. Southwest. 

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  11/7/2021
  

  Pioneering Chicano Movement TV Show Reemerges after 50 Years in Garage

  On a recent August day, Frank Cruz, now 82, thought to himself as he had dozens of times before: “Pendejo, you better do something about those films. It might be too late.”

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• 10/17/2021
  

  The Fantasy of Hispanic Heritage Month

  by Frank P. Barajas

  Conceived by a Congressman to honor the contributions of ethnic Mexicans to American society, Hispanic Heritage Month is based in a mythical Spanish past that obscures the indigenous history of the west and legitimates the succession of power from Iberian to Anglo elites. 

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  8/27/2021
  

  New History of Chicanos in Ventura County

  Historian Frank Barajas discusses his new book on Chicano activism in California's Ventura County with columnist Gustavo Arellano.

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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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• SOURCE: LAist
  5/4/2020
  

  The Legacy of Bobby Lee Verdugo, A Leader Of East LA Walkouts

  Verdugo, who became one of the founders of the Chicano student movement and spent much of his life mentoring youth, died Friday. He was 69.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  4/28/2020
  

  Fifty Years Ago, Fed Up With the City’s Neglect, a San Diego Community Rose Up to Create Chicano Park

  Making Tierra Mía, says the director of the Smithsonian Latino Center, proved transformative in giving voice to the people