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María Dolores Águila, 40, a Chicana poet and author from National City, is bringing Mexican-American history and everyday ...
Back in Texas, alone time was common; in Vietnam, she says it often felt like something she had to fight for.
Despite the pressures of modern times, the village thrives through creativity, dedication and the sharing of knowledge across generations.
As the United States this year reflects on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, researchers from UC Davis and ...
Joining Ybarra in the salute to the Chicano community were other speakers – “extraordinary people,” says Maria Velasquez, the founder of the San Diego Latino Legacy Foundation.
An outpost for Chicano culture in Vietnam attracts community — and occasional concerns among older generations inclined to associate tattoos with gangs.
An outpost for Chicano culture in Vietnam attracts community — and occasional concerns among older generations inclined to associate tattoos with gangs.
It was the ‘70s: hot steam rising off the sweet guitar riffs of Steely Dan, John and Yoko’s bed-in peace protests, and the warplanes of Vietnam quieting. Alas, the Western Hemisphere erupted ...
Dagoberto Gilb, writer and essayist: ‘To Americans, Chicano culture doesn’t exist’ The Mexican-American author, known for his short stories and essays portraying the working class to which he belonged ...
The Asco art collective emerged at the height of the Chicano civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
It was a time of heightened political and racial tension amid the East LA walkouts, protesting education inequality, and the Chicano Moratorium, an anti-Vietnam War movement during which many ...