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Author:
Gutierrez, Jose Angel, author.
Title:
FBI surveillance of Mexicans and Chicanos, 1920-1980 / Jose Angel Gutierrez.
Publisher:
Lexington Books,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xix, 359 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation.
United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Domestic intelligence--United States--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--History--20th century.
Mexicans--United States--History--20th century.
Domestic intelligence.
Mexican Americans.
Mexicans.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 319-336) and index.
Contents:
1. Diego Rivera, the Mexican Muralist -- 2. Ernesto Galarza, the first Chicano Activist Scholar -- 3. Carlos Fuentes, the Mexican Novelist -- 4. Hector "El Pecas" Marroquin, the Young Socialist -- 5. Yolanda Garza and Walter Birdwell of the Houston, Texas Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) Chapter -- 6. The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the oldest civil rights organization -- 7. The Young Citizens for Community Action (YCCA) aka the Brown Berets -- 8. Operation Wetback: President "Ike" Eisenhower's Ethnic Cleansing Program.
Summary:
A multi-chapter book, first of its kind, that identifies, describes, and analyzes FBI documents revealing the hidden history of surveillance of Mexicans and Chicanos in the United States of America.
Series:
Latinos and American politics
ISBN:
9781793615800
1793615802
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1144953582
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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