Mexican American Youth Organization: Avant-Garde of the Chicano Movement in Texas - Hardcover

Navarro, Armando

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0292755562 ISBN 13: 9780292755567

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1995

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The literature on social movements contains a profusion of definitions, concepts, and theoretical approaches, many of which contradict each other. To understand the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), it is important to understand the relationships among the divergent movements of the epoch of protest (1955-1972).

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0292755562
• ISBN 13: 9780292755567
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312