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Description of  The Making of a Chicano Militant: Lessons from Cristal (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)

Texas, for years, was a one-party state controlled by white democrats. In 1962, a young eighteen-year-old heard the first rumblings of Chicano community organization in the barrios of Cristal. The rumor in the town was that five Mexican Americans were going to run for all five seats on the city council. But first, poor citizens had to find a way to pay the $1.75 poll tax. Money had to be raisedthrough bake sales of tamales, cake walks, and dances. So began the political activism of Jos Angel Gutirrez. Gutirrez's autobiography, Read more