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ContributorsChávez, Gus (Director) / McGrew, Gustavo (Host) / Lancaster, Carol (Producer) / Marín, Christine (Author) / Chicano Media Productions (Tucson, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1985
Description
This three-part program traces Chicano heritage and influence in Arizona's history between the 1600s and the 1950s. It begins with a consideration of Mexican immigrants' role in pioneering Arizona's first non-Indigenous settlements, discusses these settlers' conflicts with Indigenous peoples and Anglo settlers, recounts Mexican-American contributions to Arizona's economic growth, chronicles rising racism towards, discrimination against, and segregation of Mexican-Americans, and finally studies Mexican-American work to secure equal rights.
ContributorsSouthwest Council of La Raza (Contributor)
Created1969
DescriptionThis section focuses on Aztec history and Mexico's Indigenous roots. It also discusses the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish.
ContributorsSouthwest Council of La Raza (Contributor)
Created1969
DescriptionThis section focuses on the political and social awakening of the Mexican American community in the United States. It examines the beginning of the Chicano/a Movement in education, politics, labor, and land rights.