Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas
- ISBN-10
- 0807877875
- ISBN-13
- 9780807877876
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-02
- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Author
- Brian D. Behnken
Description
Between 1940 and 1975, Mexican Americans and African Americans in Texas fought a number of battles in court, at the ballot box, in schools, and on the streets to eliminate segregation and state-imposed racism. Although both groups engaged in civil rights struggles as victims of similar forms of racism and discrimination, they were rarely unified. In Fighting Their Own Battles, Brian Behnken explores the cultural dissimilarities, geographical distance, class tensions, and organizational differences that all worked to separate Mexican Americans and blacks. Behnken further demonstrates that prejudices on both sides undermined the potential for a united civil rights campaign. Coalition building and cooperative civil rights efforts foundered on the rocks of perceived difference, competition, distrust, and, oftentimes, outright racism. Behnken's in-depth study reveals the major issues of contention for the two groups, their different strategies to win rights, and significant thematic developments within the two civil rights struggles. By comparing the histories of these movements in one of the few states in the nation to witness two civil rights movements, Behnken bridges the fields of Mexican American and African American history, revealing the myriad causes that ultimately led these groups to "fight their own battles."
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2011
- 347 pages
- Paperback
- Univ of North Carolina Press
Similar books
-
Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage
By Steven A. LeBlanc, Katherine E. RegisterIn Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage, LeBlanc contends that warfare and violent conflict have existed throughout human history, and that humans have never lived in ecological balance with nature.
-
Fight: Winning the Battles That Matter Most
By Craig GroeschelTap into a strength you never knew was possible. And become who God made you to be--a man who knows how to fight for what's right. Don't just fight like a man. Fight like a man of God. For God's sake . . . FIGHT!
-
Fighting the Banana Wars and Other Fairtrade Battles
By Harriet LambAs Harriet Lamb, Chief Executive of Fairtrade International, explains in this extensively revised and updated edition of her inspirational book, Fairtrade is about a better deal for workers and famers in the developing world.
-
Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think
By Victor Davis HansonInvestigates three key battles in Western history including the battle of Delium in 424 B.C., the battle at Shiloh during the Civil War, and the battle of Okinawa during World War II, discussing their enduring impact on civilization and on ...
-
Marathon: EDGE: Battle Books
By Gary SmailesIt is 490 BCE and the ancient city of Athens is under threat. The Persians have sailed across the ocean to invade your land, and now camp on the plains of Marathon, just a few miles from Athens.
-
The Confusion of Languages
By Siobhan FallonWritten with emotional insight and stunning prose, The Confusion of Languages is a shattering portrait of a collision between two women and two worlds, as well as a poignant glimpse into the private lives of American military families ...
-
Inkling
By Kenneth OppelInkling has absorbed a couple chapters of his math book--not good--and the story he's supposed to be illustrating for school--also not good. But Inkling's also started drawing the pictures to go with the story--which is amazing!
-
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
By Victor Davis HansonOffering riveting battle narratives and a balanced perspective that avoids simple triumphalism, Carnage and Culture demonstrates how armies cannot be separated from the cultures that produce them and explains why an army produced by a free ...
-
The Art of War
By Sun Tzu, Sun TsuThe ultimate Chinese classic. "The Art of War" helps in finding decisions.
-
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
By Joyce MeyerDownload the free Joyce Meyer author app.