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Introduction . ....................................................................................... 10 Acknowledgements . ............................................................................. 12 Thank You Sponsors .............................................................................. 16
Our Stories: • Keep the Faith by Sister Margaret Castro ..................................... 50 Life’s Journey Has its Challenges by David Valladolid ................. 52 • Starting a New Life by Jess D. Haro ............................................... 54 My Awakening by Amalia Meza ...................................................... 56 My Father’s Legacy by Elisa Gonzalez Gomez .............................. 58 The Lemon Grove Incident by Paul Espinosa ............................... 60 Chapter 3 Service to America, Struggles with America By Luis Alvarez, Ph.D. – WWII ........................................................................................................ 63 – Latino Service ........................................................................................ 63 – On the Home Front ............................................................................... 66 – Rising Racial Tension ............................................................................. 68 – Civil Rights Efforts ................................................................................. 70 Our Stories: • Welcome Home Soldier by Bernard Gonzales ............................. 73 • My Dear Dad & Uncles by Tony Millan .......................................... 76 • Making a Living After the War by Frank Peralta .......................... 78 • The Neighborhood Café by Alicia Ketcham .................................. 80 • Those Far Away From Home by Refugio I. Rochin, Ph.D. ........... 82
Timeline & Milestones . ............................................................. 19
Chapter 1 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo By Richard Griswold del Castillo, Ph.D.
– San Diego Life before 1848.................................................................. 21 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ....................................................... 22 – The Articles: Retaining Lands & Citizenship ...................................... 24 – Article X: Land Ownership ................................................................... 25 – Broken Promises ................................................................................... 26 – California Land Act ................................................................................ 26 – Californios Lose their Land .................................................................. 25 – Californios No Longer ........................................................................... 27 – The Aftermath of the U.S. and Mexico Peace Treaty ...................... 28 – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Legacy ................................................. 29 Our Stories: • Descendant Georgia Callian ........................................................... 30 Chapter 2 Rebuilding Lives, Against All Odds By Jimmy Patiño, Ph.D. – The Mexican Revolution ....................................................................... 35 – The Brown Scare ................................................................................... 37 – World War I ............................................................................................ 40 – Migration from Mexico Increases ........................................................ 41 – The Great Depression and Repatriation ............................................ 42 – School Segregation ............................................................................... 44 – Neighborhood Segregation ................................................................. 46 – San Diego Segregated Neighborhoods by Ricardo Flores .............. 48
Chapter 4 The Rise of the Chicano Movement By Isidro Ortiz, Ph.D.
– Chicano Park-Community Determination.......................................... 85 – Unity with the Farmworkers’ Strike .................................................... 88 – Student Movement ............................................................................... 89 – The Chicano Vietnam Moratorium ..................................................... 92
San Diego Latino Legacy – Timeline • Milestones • Stories
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