This isn’t about where we came from.
It’s about where we’ve always been.
#RootsBeforeBorders
#HistoryIsPresence
#MexicanAmericanLegacy
#WeWereHere
#ChicanoHistory
#LandHasMemory
#OurStoryIsOld
#CulturalTruth
Dec 5 & 6: As part of its “Radical Histories: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” exhibit, the Huntington Library is hosting a 2-day conference -> www.huntington.org/event/histor... #ChicanoHistory
Our people worked the fields, fought the system, and never lost their pride. ✊🏽
His words remind us — be proud you’re Chicano.
Chicano Threads — Representing La Cultura.
👉 chicanothreads.com
#ChicanoPride #ChicanoThreads #BrownPride #LaCultura #ChicanoHistory
chicanothreads.com #ChicanoThreads #ChicanoCulture #AztecDancers #BrownPride #ChicanoHeritage #MexicanAmerican #IndigenousPride #ChicanoHistory #LaCultura #Chicanos
El Centro de la Raza:
#sitins #elcentrodelaraza #seattle #chicanohistory #pnw #radicalhistory
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Cover of 1974-5 Chicano Studies brochure and catalog, featuring artwork by Armando Cid, Ethnic Studies Center, 1974-1975, University Archives. Department of Ethnic Studies records.
A photo emerges from a torn green and red background. The black and white photo is a group of young Chicanos including Cesar Chavez (front row, third from left) and other notable activists. Text: The Sacramento Movimiento Chicano and Mexican American Oral History Project, Stories from La Gente.
NEW EXHIBIT: Stories from La Gente
Now open at SCUA (Located in the Library Breezeway)
Explore Chicana/o oral histories from Sacramento’s civil rights movement (1965–1980).
Protest. Art. Education. Community.
Presented in English & Spanish. #ChicanoHistory #SacramentoState #SCUA
August 28, 2025 #ChicanoHistory open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Follow us @chentedelosangeles and @displacedlosangeles to join the journey to Justice and reparations for the three destroyed communities. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 #notchavezravine #chavezravine #thinkbrownnotblue #chicanohistory #dodgers #chicana #chicano See less
Computer art design of a Mexican flag, with a collage of historical images in the background.
“Raza” (2001) – computer art 🖼️
This is my own adaptation of the Mexican flag, supported by a pictographic history of a proud and resilient people. 🇲🇽
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*Buy a print: 👇🏼
www.robertovaldessanchez.com/raza.html
#ChicanoHistory #MexicanHistory #Raza
Importantly, however, the hearings activism of the 1968 civil rights commission allowed moments of crossover between differing Chicano activist strategies within a larger US political machine.
#alliancefortexashistory #chicanohistory #mexicanamericanhistory #texashistory 3/3
Dr. Sosa-Riddell ; Yes, your comment really resonates with me and might be a useful way to frame Mexican American intellectual history. 2/2
#texashistory #chicanohistory #mexicanamericanhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory
Mexican ideas of Native capacity for self-rule that diverged from the Iberian Black Legend dominant narratives. #texashistory #chicanohistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 4/4
She recounts a conversation shared with her about recruitment strategies: “you planned your daughter’s quinceñera?” “Yes, but…” “then you can do this work”.
#alliancefortexashistory #texashistory #chicanohistory #borderlandshiatory #alliancefortexashistory 2/2
Audience member Dr. Antonia Castaneda challenges the panelists to think critically about how they define activism and the actions people took to organize. #texashistory #chicanohistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 1/
9/11
Cinco de Mayo became a celebration in the U.S. not just of a battle—but of a shared struggle.
Mexican Americans, Black Americans, and Unionists saw it for what it was:
A win for democracy.
A reminder that freedom must be defended.
#ChicanoHistory #AmericanHistory
The #BrownBerets 10 point program. Modeled after the #BlackPanthers. Relearning my Chicano history gives me hope especially during these times. Feeding my soul and relearning. #chicano #chicanohistory #chicanx #chicana #chicanoinstem #iamjoaquin #yosoyjoaquin #brownberets
#BlackHistory, #BlackHerstory, #ChicanoHistory, #ChicanaHerstory, #AlkebulanHistory, #AlkebulanHerstory, #KhemetHistory, #KhemetHerstory, Gulf Of Mexico, History they are already trying to hide.
New from the Los Angeles Review of Books:
“(Dagoberto) Gilb’s rambunctious voice booms through the pages of these collections with volcanic force and unexpected twists and turns. Nothing he writes is uninteresting.” #chicanohistory #dagobertogilb
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