Racial Uncertainties Mexican Americans, School Desegregation, and the Making of Race in Post-Civil Rights America (Volu

Danielle R. Olden, "Racial Uncertainties: Mexican Americans, School Desegregation, and the Making of Race in Post-Civil Rights America (Volu"
English | ISBN: 0520343344 | 2022 | 298 pages | PDF | 26 MB
Mexican American racial uncertainty has long been a defining feature of US racial understanding. Were Mexican Americans white or nonwhite? In the post-civil rights period, this racial uncertainty took on new meaning as the courts, the federal bureaucracy, local school officials, parents, and community activists sought to turn Mexican American racial identity to their own benefit. This is the first book that examines the pivotal 1973