Ethnic studies
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Emilio Zamora Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2009-32
Abstract
Papers of Emilio Zamora, a leading scholar of Mexican American, Chicano, and Texas history and former member of the Raza Unida Party (RUP). Zamora has taught and served as coordinator and director of various ethnic studies programs, including at Texas A&I University, Kingsville (now Texas A&M), the University of California Los Angeles, Juárez-Lincoln University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has authored three books and published dozens of academic articles and essays....
Dates:
1960-1987
Richard M. Martinez Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-05
Abstract
Material from attorney Richard M. Martinez documents Arce v. Douglas, a case that successfully challenged Arizona’s House Bill 2281 that initially led to the elimination of the Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District. This collection contains deposition transcripts, legal documents, banned teaching materials, and visual materials related to the case.
Dates:
1973; 1994; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2010-2012; 2016