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89Teaching Children Tolerance and Social Justice through American History Using Books, Songs, Videos and Websites
Often social justice is limited to the study of one person, movement or people. Too often children are exposed to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or a few Black inventors during February as their full social justice curriculum. According to John Dewey,...
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82The Battles Against The Spook Hunters
Today, Los Angeles, California has a very negative reputation. Many regard that city as the street-gang capital of the U.S., if not the world. And that is because it is the home of such notorious black gangs as the “Crips” and “Bloods” and...
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81The Delano Manongs: Little Known Filipino Contribution To The Chicano Movement & The Rights of US Workers & Immigrants
If you are a Filipino-American then you should know a thing or two about the FANHS or at least you should be aware that October is the Filipino-American History Month. Now if you are Mexican-American (or...
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75My Take on Being a Chicano.
(Please see note on the word "Chicana" after main story). I lived for 5 years in California and another 15 in Mexico which may give me enough exposure to comment on the Mexican, or people of Mexican extract, who live mainly in the South-Western...
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74Jailhouse Art, Prison Art, Pano Arte - AKA Panuelos and Handkercheif Art
Some say that handkerchief painting originated in Texas prisons. Many Mexicans were incarcerated in Texas jails during the 1940's. Most of them were Catholic and male. It is entirely possible that San Antonio had the largest share of Mexican prisoners in the world. Southern California being a close second.
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74Texas Hospitality: In Huntsville Prison.
"No man's education is complete unless he has served time in a penal institution," Sir Stafford Cripps.. The main feeling I had when the steel-barred cage door slammed...
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72The 1968 Exhibit: Far Out, Man!
As a card-carrying member of the Minnesota Historical Society who was born in 1968, you can imagine my glee when I heard they were designing an entire exhibit dedicated to the year of my birth.
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67The Masters of Chicano Art
My journey into the art world, in particular into the world of Chicano Art came to being in 1976. I had left my home in Ct. after a bitter breakup with my wife, and decided that things would be better for me out west. I was actually passing through...
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67The Aztec Tattoos History
There were many ancient cultures that showed art through tattoos. The Aztec group was one of the most advanced when it come to body art, they were known for their creative art skills and produced some...
66There Is No Path to Citizenship
Hi, I'm Sharon Taylor.I'm married. It is a marriage built on love and commitment. It is a marriage with ups and downs, similarities and differences. We have 2 beautiful children, a boy and a girl. We all...
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