Satire.

Arizona to Ban Cesar Chavez and Mexican American Studies in Schools?

In a thinly veiled attempt to censor thriving Mexican American Studies/La Raza courses in Tucson, Arizona, and essentially eradicate 450 years of Mexican and Mexican-American history, culture, heritage from the curriculum and consciousness of Arizona students, state lawmakers in Arizona reportedly approved the shadowy HB 2211 bill last month — passed through the state senate this week — that would restrict “any courses or classes” that “are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group” or “advocate ethnic solidarity.”

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- via alternet.org

Latin American Studies Program at UCR

Interdisciplinary conference

**Attend one panel and write a response paper for extra credit**

From NPR

Half a century ago, a group of college students involved in the civil rights movement formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Raleigh, N.C. It became a national touchstone for the movement. SNCC’s founding chairman was Marion Barry, still a councilman in Washington, D.C. after long service as mayor. Barry and journalist Charles Cobb, who served as a field organizer for SNCC, take a look back with Michel Martin.

Interactive graphs that demonstrate income mobility and components of class.  From The New York Times

Claudette Colvin:  From Footnote to Fame in Civil Rights History

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