La Gente


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La Gente traces the rise of the Chicana/o Movement in Sacramento and the role of everyday people in galvanizing a collective to seek lasting and transformative change during the 1960s and 1970s. In their efforts to be self-determined, la gente contested multiple forms of oppression at school, at work sites, and in their communities. Though diverse in their cultural and generational backgrounds, la gente were constantly negotiating acts of resistance, especially when their lives, the lives of their children, their livelihoods, or their households were at risk. Historian Lorena V. Márquez documents early community interventions to challenge the prevailing notions of desegregation by barrio residents, providing a look at one of the first cases of outright resistance to desegregation efforts by ethnic Mexicans. She also shares the story of workers in the Sacramento area who initiated and won the first legal victory against canneries for discriminating against brown and black workers and women, and demonstrates how the community crossed ethnic barriers when it established the first accredited Chicana/o and Native American community college in the nation. Márquez shows that the Chicana/o Movement was not solely limited to a handful of organizations or charismatic leaders. Rather, it encouraged those that were the most marginalized—the working poor, immigrants and/or the undocumented, and the undereducated—to fight for their rights on the premise that they too were contributing and deserving members of society.







Racial Or Ethnic Distribution of Staff and Students in California Public Schools. 1988-89


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This report presents a summary of data on the racial or ethnic distribution of staff and students in California Public Schools, statewide and by county. The following seven tables of data are included: (1) "Enrollment in California Public Schools, by County and by Racial or Ethnic Group, 1988-89"; (2) "Enrollment in California Public Schools, by Grade Level and by Racial or Ethnic Group, 1988-89"; (3) "Number of Twelfth Grade Graduates of California Public Schools, by County and by Racial or Ethnic Group, 1988-89"; (4) "Certificated Staff in California Public Schools, by Racial or Ethnic Group and by Sex, 1988-89"; (5) "Classified Staff in California Public Schools, by Racial or Ethnic Group, 1988-89"; (6) "A Comparison of Racial or Ethnic Distribution in Enrollments in California Public Schools, by County, 1977, 1981, 1984, and 1988 (in Percent)"; and (7) "A Comparison of the Public School Population with the Total Population in California, by Racial or Ethnic Group, 1981, 1984, and 1988 (in Percent)." Information about the following racial or ethnic groups' enrollment in California Public Schools is charted by district for 1988-89: (1) American Indian/Alaskan Native; (2) Asian; (3) Pacific Islander; (4) Filipino; (5) Hispanic; (6) Black; and (7) White. (JS)







Research in Education


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Twenty Years After Brown


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"The chapters of this report were first issued separately between June 1974 and December 1975."--Preface.