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CHAPTER 3: Service to America, Struggles with America By Luis Alvarez, Ph.D. UC San Diego Associate Professor of History Let’s Keep the Conversation Going:
CHAPTER 4: The Rise and Legacy of the Chicano Movement By Isidro Ortiz, Ph.D. Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies San Diego State University Let’s Keep the Conversation Going: 1. Why was San Diego a hotbed for the Chicano Movement? 2. What were the goals of the Chicano Movement? 3. Who participated in the Chicano Movement in San Diego? 4. What did the Chicano Movement accomplish in San Diego? References 1. Richard Griswold del Castillo with contributor Isidro Ortiz, excerpts from Chicano San Diego: Cultural Space and the Struggle for Justice (University of Arizona Press, 2008). Additional Resources 1. Chicano San Diego: Cultural Space and the Struggle for Justice , ed. Richard Griswold del Castillo (University of Arizona Press, 2008). 2. Teatro Chicana: A Collective Memory and Selected Plays , eds. Laura E. Garcia and Sandra M. Gutierrez (University of Chicago Press, 2008). 3. Jimmy Patiño, Raza Si, Migra No: Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). 4. We Made San Diego: Latino Contributions to Our Region , ed. Maria Garcia, (Self-Published, 2021). 5. Chicana Tributes: Activist Women of the Civil Rights Movement, eds. Rita Sanchez and Sonia Lopez (Montezuma Publishing, 2017).
1. How did World War II impact San Diego’s Latina/o community? What political, economic, and/or cultural challenges did Latinas/os face during the War? 2. If you were a Latina/o soldier who just returned from overseas service during World War II, what would your reaction be if you were denied services at a local barber shop or diner because of your background? How would it make you feel? Why? What would you do about it? 3. Which of the personal stories, pictures, or videos in this chapter did you find most poignant? Why? How does it help you understand the importance of World War II for the history of Latinas/os in San Diego? References 1. Joe Alcoser, interviewed by Rene Zambrano, San Diego, CA. Voces Oral History Project, Moody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin, https://voces.lib.utexas.edu/collections/stories/joseph-alcoser. 2. Robert L. Cardenas, interviewed by Marc Hamel, July 14, 2008, San Diego, CA. Voces Oral Project, Moody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin. See also his personal website, www.bobcardenasyb49.com/biography. htm. 3. Domingo Zatarian, interviewed by Rene Zambrano, April 13, 2001, San Diego, CA. Voces Oral Project, Moody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin. 4. Lucinda Eddy, “War Comes to San Diego,” The Journal of San Diego History , Spring 1993, V. 39, nos. 1-2. 5. James M. Vaughan, “Introduction: War Comes to San Diego” The Journal of San Diego History, Spring 1993, V. 39, nos. 1-2. 6. Carlos M. Larralde and Richard Griswold del Castillo, “Luisa Moreno and the Beginnings of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement in San Diego,” The Journal of San Diego History , Summer 1997, v. 43, no. 3, 43.
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