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Fighting their own battles

by Brian D. Behnken

Race relationsCivil rightsEthnic relationsSchool integrationCivil rights movementsMexican AmericansRelations with Mexican AmericansAfrican Americans

Behnken examines the history of both the African American and Mexican American civil rights struggles in Texas, exploring the racial prejudices, cultural dissimilarities, class tensions, organizational differences, and geographical distance that all worked to create two separate civil rights movements.

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Book data: Open Library