The Cal State San Bernardino History Club’s lecture series on the Chicano Movement continues this week with two events, one on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the second on Thursday, Nov. 5, both at 2 p.m. in Pfau Library room PL-4005.
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“Whatever Happened to the Chicano Movement” will be the topic of the Nov. 3 talk, presented by Tomás Summers Sandoval, a history professor from Pomona College.
While the efforts to combat racism and discrimination through black civil rights movement that began after World War II are still evident today, Summers Sandoval examines the effects of the Chicano Movement that occurred at roughly the same time:
- What was “el movimento?”
- What did it achieve?
- What happened to it, and why don’t we know more about it today?
An oral historian, Summers Sandoval is the author of “Latinos at the Golden Gate,” the first book on the history of the Latino community in San Francisco. He currently is working on a book detailing the experiences of Latino communities in relation to the Vietnam War.
'Mexicano and Latino Politics: Under a State of Siege and Crisis,' is the title of the Nov. 5 lecture, to be presented by Armando Navarro, a political scientist and professor of ethnic studies at UC Riverside.
Navarro’s presentation will be based largely on his latest book, “, Mexicano and Latino Politics and the Quest for Self Determination: What Needs to be Done.” The status of Mexicano and Latino politics will be discussed within the context of its Chicano historical evolutionary aspects, current demographics, socio-economics, organizational and electoral politics and immigration, among other issues.
Of particular interest will be discussion of the current Republican presidential hopefuls – such as Donald Trumps’ comments about Mexicans – and the impact of the Latino vote in the 2016 election.
Navarro received his associate of arts degree in political science from Chaffey Community College in 1968; a bachelor of arts in political science from Claremont McKenna College in 1970; and his Ph.D. in political science from UC Riverside in 1974.
Light refreshments will be provided and the club will raffle off free books at every lecture. The lecture series was made possible with the support of the Intellectual Life Fund and the history department at CSUSB.
For more information, contact Maria Figueroa at 003852718@coyote.csusb.edu.
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