Armando Navarro

Mexican American Youth Organization

Avant-Garde of the Chicano Movement in Texas

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Produktbeschreibung

Among the protest movements of the 1960s, the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) emerged as one of the principal Chicano organizations seeking social change. By the time MAYO evolved into the Raza Unida Party (RUP) in 1972, its influence had spread far beyond its Crystal City, Texas, origins. Its members precipitated some thirty-nine school walkouts, demonstrated against the Vietnam War, and confronted church and governmental bodies on numerous occasions. Armando Navarro here offers the first comprehensive assessment of MAYO's history, politics, leadership, ideology, strategies and tactics, and activist program. Interviews with many MAYO and RUP organizers and members, as well as first-hand knowledge drawn from his own participation in meetings, presentations, and rallies, enrich the text. This wealth of material yields the first reliable history of this extremely vocal and visible catalyst of the Chicano Movement. The book will add significantly to our understanding of Sixties protest movements and the social and political conditions that gave them birth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780292755574
• ISBN-10: 0292755570
• Artikelnr.: 35422072

Autorenporträt

A veteran organizer and activist in Chicano movements, Armando Navarro is Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Foreword by Mario C. Compean
2. Preface
3. Acknowledgments
4. Photographs
5. Introduction. Paradigm for the Etiology of the Chicano Movement
6. Chapter 1. The Chicano Movement: Impact of Endogenous Antagonisms
7. Chapter 2. The Chicano Youth Movement: Catalyst for Change
8. Chapter 3. MAYO: A Cadre Organization of Organizers
9. Chapter 4. MAYO: Protagonist for Educational Change
10. Chapter 5. MAYO: Advocate for Social Change
11. Chapter 6. MAYO: Precursor to the Raza Unida Party
12. Chapter 7. MAYO: Decline and Demise
13. Epilogue
14. Appendixes
* 1. “El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán”
* 2. MAYO Membership Requirements
* 3. Crystal City School Walkout Demands
* 4. “El Plan de Del Rio”
15. Notes
16. Index