(1974) - Viva La Raza: The Struggle of the Mexican-American People - Elizabeth Martínez & Enriqueta Vásquez
Martínez and Vásquez go through the experiences of what the Spanish colonizers did to their land. They tell the story of Mexican Americans (Chicano's) and their fight for freedom. They aimed to empower Chicano's and encourage them to hold onto their identity by amplifying their stories as a means of being able to better connect with their culture, story, pride, and determination. The Spaniards had various different tactics which they used to further their conquests of the ancient groups of Mexico. They came to disrupt their way of life and the systems which they had in place. Africans enslaved, and the Indigenous peoples, came together to revolt against the Spaniards.
To the Chicano of today, equality does not mean becoming a carbon copy of white middle-class America. It means “to be'' in the deepest sense.