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  • OCCUPIED AMERICA: The Chicano's Struggle Toward Liberation. by Acuna, Rodolfo.
    Acuna, Rodolfo.
    OCCUPIED AMERICA: The Chicano's Struggle Toward Liberation.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1980, c 1972). A relatively early printing of this classic history which both shows (and attempts to explain) how Chicanos - Americans of Mexican descent - came to be treated as second class citizens and their struggle for their rights. Covers from the conquest of the Southwest to remember the Alamo in Texas, to California and the Delano strike, the deportations of the 1930s and more. Notes, index. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-06380350X.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88552
    Keywords: arizona, delano, Latin American Literature and History, mexican americans, mexico, southwest, texas
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  • A GLASS OF WATER. by Baca, Jimmy Santiago.
    Baca, Jimmy Santiago.
    A GLASS OF WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this award-winning Chicano poet and activist. 215 pp. ISBN: 9780802119223.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57031
    Keywords: american dream, brothers, first novel, immigrants, Latin American Lit and History, mexican americans
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  • FREEDOMWAYS; Quarterly Review of the Freedom Movement, Vol. 9, no. 4, Fourth Quarter, 1969. by Clarke, John Henrik, Esther Jackson, J. H. O'Dell, editors. Ernest Kaiser, John Henrik Clarke, Mari Evans and others, contributors.
    Clarke, John Henrik, Esther Jackson, J. H. O'Dell, editors. Ernest Kaiser, John Henrik Clarke, Mari Evans and others, contributors.
    FREEDOMWAYS; Quarterly Review of the Freedom Movement, Vol. 9, no. 4, Fourth Quarter, 1969.

    Edition: First printing, a magazine.

    New York: Freedomways Associates, 1969. First edition - Includes A Selected Bibliography on Mexican Americans and Native Americans by Ernest Kaiser; Chief Joseph and His People by John Henrik Clarke; a selection of cartoons by Brumsic Brandon, Jr; poetry by Mari Evans, Eric Burroughs and others, book reviews and more. pp 295-384. Cover art by Elizabeth Catlett.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (light university library stamp on front cover, no other markings).

    Book ID: 79342
    Keywords: algeria, cartoons, Literary Journals, mexican americans, native american
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  • DELANO. by Dunne, John Gregory (1932-2003)
    Dunne, John Gregory (1932-2003)
    DELANO.

    Edition: First thus - a revised and updated edition.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1971.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, originally published in 1967, an account of the then 2 year old grape strike in the San Joaquin Valley, and of the leader of the farmworkers' movement, Cesar Chavez. llustrated with a frontispiece plus 16 pages of photographs by Ted Streshinsky. SIGNED on the title page. Dunne was the husband of Joan Didion. This updated edition includes 26 additional pages. 202 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (stamp on front endpaper, some wear to top of dj spine, but overall a clean and tight copy, scarce signed.)

    Book ID: 89950
    Keywords: California, central valley, cesar chavez, grape boycott, labor movement, mexican americans
    • Another image of DELANO. by Dunne, John Gregory (1932-2003)
    • Another image of DELANO. by Dunne, John Gregory (1932-2003)
    • Another image of DELANO. by Dunne, John Gregory (1932-2003)
    • Another image of DELANO. by Dunne, John Gregory (1932-2003)
    • Another image of DELANO. by Dunne, John Gregory (1932-2003)
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  • CURRENTS FROM THE DANCING RIVER: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry. by Gonzalez, Ray, editor. (Juan Felipe Herrera, Luis Alberto Urrea, Alberto Rivera Rios, Lucha Corpi and Luis J. Rodriguez, signed; Cristina Garcia, Luis J. Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Jimmy Santiago Baca and others, contributors.)
    Gonzalez, Ray, editor. (Juan Felipe Herrera, Luis Alberto Urrea, Alberto Rivera Rios, Lucha Corpi and Luis J. Rodriguez, signed; Cristina Garcia, Luis J. Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Jimmy Santiago Baca and others, contributors.)
    CURRENTS FROM THE DANCING RIVER: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. SIGNED first edition - The most comprehensive and ambitious anthology of Latino writings published to date. SIGNED by FIVE contributors: Juan Felipe Herrera on the half title page; . Luis J. Rodriguez at his poem "The Quiet Woman; " Luis Alberto Urea at "Father's Day," Lucha Corpi at her poem 'Fugue" and Alberto Rivera Rios at his long poem "How the Mouth Works." Includes 135 contributions primarily by Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican Americans. Includes work by Francisco Alarcon, Rudolfo Anaya, Cristina Garcia, Richard Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, , Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Pat Mora, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Louis Alberto Urrea, David Ungar, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Lucha Corpi, Benjamin Alire Saenz, and many others. Includes note on the contributors. 571 pp. ISBN: 0-15-6001306.

    Condition: Very good in stiff wrappers (one page dog-earred, light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 51200
    Keywords: anthology, cuban writers, jfh list, Latin American Lit and History, mexican americans, puerto ricans
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  • CURRENTS FROM THE DANCING RIVER: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry. by Gonzalez, Ray, editor. (Luis Alberto Urrea, signed; Cristina Garcia, Luis J. Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Jimmy Santiago Baca and others, contributors.)
    Gonzalez, Ray, editor. (Luis Alberto Urrea, signed; Cristina Garcia, Luis J. Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Jimmy Santiago Baca and others, contributors.)
    CURRENTS FROM THE DANCING RIVER: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. SIGNED first edition - The most comprehensive and ambitious anthology of Latino writings published to date. SIGNED by Luis Alberto Urea at "Father's Day," Includes 135 contributions primarily by Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican Americans. Includes work by Francisco Alarcon, Rudolfo Anaya, Cristina Garcia, Richard Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, , Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Pat Mora, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Luis Alberto Urrea, David Ungar, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Lucha Corpi, Benjamin Alire Saenz, and many others. Includes note on the contributors. 571 pp. ISBN: 0-15-6001306.

    Condition: Very good in stiff wrappers (light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 75125
    Keywords: anthology, cuban writers, Latin American Lit and History, mexican americans, puerto ricans
    • Another image of CURRENTS FROM THE DANCING RIVER: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry. by Gonzalez, Ray, editor. (Luis Alberto Urrea, signed; Cristina Garcia, Luis J. Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Jimmy Santiago Baca and others, contributors.)
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  • THE KINDNESS OF COLOR: The Story of Two Families and Mendez, et al. v. Westminster, the 1947 Desegregation of California Public Schools. by Munemitsu, Janice.
    Munemitsu, Janice.
    THE KINDNESS OF COLOR: The Story of Two Families and Mendez, et al. v. Westminster, the 1947 Desegregation of California Public Schools.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    By the author, (2021). SIGNED first edition - A story which "follows two immigrant families [one of which was the author's family] facing separate battles with racism in WWII-era Southern California. Unexpectedly, their paths intertwine, ultimately paving the way for the landmark court case Mendez, et. al v. Westminster and the desegregation of California public schools seven years before Brown v. Board of Education. In the face of tremendous discrimination, the Mendez and Munemitsu families are sustained by the simple yet harrowing acts of kindness extended to them by friends and strangers as they navigate their difficult journeys toward justice."SIGNEd by the author on the half title page with the words "cultivating kindness." Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by Sylvia…

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    By the author, (2021). SIGNED first edition - A story which "follows two immigrant families [one of which was the author's family] facing separate battles with racism in WWII-era Southern California. Unexpectedly, their paths intertwine, ultimately paving the way for the landmark court case Mendez, et. al v. Westminster and the desegregation of California public schools seven years before Brown v. Board of Education. In the face of tremendous discrimination, the Mendez and Munemitsu families are sustained by the simple yet harrowing acts of kindness extended to them by friends and strangers as they navigate their difficult journeys toward justice."SIGNEd by the author on the half title page with the words "cultivating kindness." Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by Sylvia Mendez. Includes resources on Japanese American Incarceration Camps, chronology of events, and bibliography. 211 pp. ISBN: 978-0578946870.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 90900
    Keywords: California, internment camps, japanese americans, legal decision, mexican americans, poston, school segregation
    • Another image of THE KINDNESS OF COLOR: The Story of Two Families and Mendez, et al. v. Westminster, the 1947 Desegregation of California Public Schools. by Munemitsu, Janice.
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