Blowout! Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice

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ID5704502
AuthorsG San Miguel (University of Houston, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume98
Issue3
Pages896-897
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of American History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/jahist/jar383
OpenAlexW1981089454
LanguageEN
Citations received17

One of the most exciting areas of research in Chicano/a history is the Chicano movement, an era of explosive political and cultural activity in the Mexican-origin community in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Historians, political scientists, and other scholars are documenting and interpreting the causes and consequences of this movement on the Mexican American community and American society in general. Mario T. García provides a sensitive and engaging oral history—a testimonio—of Sal Castro, one of the most important leaders of the Chicana/o student movement. Implicit in this book is García's notion that Castro played a determining role in the walkouts, although Castro states that he was only one of many. Castro, a charismatic public school teacher at Los Angeles's Lincoln High School, is credited with inspiring and encouraging students to protest the terrible conditions of the schools by walking out of them. These walkouts in turn led to the emergence of the Chicano movement during the late 1960s and inspired countless others to fight for a better America. This oral history traces Castro's life from his upbringing in the 1940s to his retirement from teaching in the early twenty-first century. Five of the eleven chapters discuss the factors influencing Castro's outlook on life and his educational philosophy. Four chapters focus specifically on the role he played in the school walkouts of the late 1960s. The final two chapters emphasize the continuing role he played in criticizing the public schools for the next two decades

Art · Charisma · Economic Justice · Garcia · Humanities · Oral history · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law

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