Chicano Movement (4 results)

[ Mexican-American], [Chicano Movement] An important and empowering magazine illuminating Latinx history. Agenda: A Journal of Hispanic Issues. Washington DC: National Council of La Raza, 1974. Pictorial wrappers with bold lettering. Measures 8.5" x 11". 27 pages total. Agenda Magazine was a bimonthly publication published by the Office of Public Information of the National Council of La Raza. Each issue centers upon central socioeconomic matters in the Latinx community, including "Chicano Attitudes Toward Work", "Utilization of Chicano in the Labor Market", and "Strategies for Chicanos". Featured within the magazine are lengthy articles discussing issues impacting the Latinx community, including discrimination, lack of identity amidst Anglo-Saxon societal standards, and Chicano economic development politics. Also highlighted are "Criteria needed to balance barrio economic seesaw". Several pages feature black and white images of various Latino citizens in the workforce. Bears a postage stamp from previous owner. This magazine is in very good condition.…

[Chicano] [Newspaper] Movement newspaper. San Francisco: "Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee of California". Vol. 5 No. 6, July 1969. Measures 11.25" x 17". 24 pages. Left political underground paper published for national readership. Produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee of California, this periodical was published from 1964 to 1970. The Movement Newspaper grew to at its peak having 2,500 paid subscribers and nationwide distribution. Its initial goal was to keep West Coast members of SNCC in touch with activities in the South which later expanded to includes issues and topics outside of the American South and the traditional civil rights movement including national and international issues of racism, anti-imperialism and liberation struggles. This early issue focuses on the impact of lung disease on workers, Unionization of workers in Appalachia, the war in Vietnam, and a multi-page spread on The Chicano Youth Liberation Conference. A theme throughout is the unification of several commissions encompassing African American rights, Chicano rights, students rights, workers right, all in a section titled "We're fighting for Freedom Together There is No Other Way." Also included is an extensive article with photos on the struggle in Mozambique, documenting the work of the Mozambique Liberation Front." Newspaper is folded, with only minor creases at the top. Black and white artwork and photographs featured throughout. In very good condition.…

[Chicano Liberation] [La Raza Commission] Review of Work: Chicano Commission original mimeographed document. 2 pages, 8.5" x 11." New York: Communist Party USA. 20 November 1971. Prepared in time for the Northern California district convention, this sheet lists various shortcomings of the Communist Party's La Raza commission. It concludes with a brief course of action: "It is proposed that the Commission be strengthened by the addition of Chicano comrades and that Chicano comrades head up the Commission work.We believe the time is here to recruit and build our Party among the Chicano people. We believe the Commission can play an important part in that." Very good condition.…

Good. Soiling in the margins. Size x Inches. This is a c. 1979 Rodolfo Cuellar stylized representation of Northern California, produced for a Cinco de Mayo celebration at California State University, Sacramento (Cal State Sacramento or CSUS for short). In the 1970s, the campus became a center of Chicano activism, closely connected with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement, led by Caesar Chavez. A Closer Look This sheet presents an abstract view of Northern California, more specifically the Sacramento Valley, looking westwards towards the Golden Gate Bridge. It advertises a series of Cinco de Mayo events organized by the CSUS chapter of MEChA, the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, an activist movement to advocate for Chicano identity among young Mexican-Americans. The weekend featured a series of events, entertainers, and speakers, the most prominent being Caesar Chavez, leader of the UFW, who was originally slated to speak on Friday (his name crossed out in black) but was moved to the previous day. Historical Context This was a tumultuous time for UFW, which lost much of its membership and influence over the preceding decade and was embroiled in a vegetable worker's strike for much of 1979 that resulted in violence, including one death. Meanwhile, Caesar Chavez himself became a symbol in wider American culture of the struggles of farmworkers and of the Mexican-American community. The tireless Chavez became a frequent speaker on campuses, working closely with MEChA. But his increasing forays into 'new age' fads like vegetarianism and communal living, along with an increased emphasis on solidarity with other causes, endeared him a wider group of university students and left-wing activists beyond the Chicano movement. The '10 Years of Struggle' noted at bottom refers to MEChA, which had earlier origins but was formalized at a conference of university students held in Santa Barbara in 1969. Towards right in the bottom margin is the acronym 'RCAF,' referring to the Royal Chicano Air Force, an artist collective formed at CSUS in 1970, of which Cuellar was a leading member. Publication History and Census This work, a screen print, is unsigned but universally attributed to Rodolfo 'Rudy' Cuellar, and was surely produced soon before the 1979 Cinco de Mayo weekend in question. Two other examples of this work are known to exist in institutional collections, one at CSUS as part of the Royal Chicano Air Force Poster Collection and one at the University of California Santa Barbara's Royal Chicano Air Force Archive (digitized by the Online Archive of California, showing Chavez's original speaking slot on Friday).…