Elizabeth Sutherland Martinez Libros

This bilingual pictorial history depicts the Mexican American/Chicano people from their origins 500 years ago with Columbus discovery & the invasions of the New World, to their struggles for social justice today. Over 800 photographs with brief explanatory texts tell the story of how Mexicans came to what is now the U.S. well before the

Named the 2009 AAUP Best of the Best – Outstanding Book Distinction The history of Mexican Americans spans more than five centuries and varies from region to region across the United States. Yet most of our history books devote at most a chapter to Chicano history, with even less attention to the story of Chicanas.