Category: Mexican American writers This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Alurista is the nom de plume of Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia (born August 8, 1947), a Chicano poet and activist. ... Julia Alvarez is a writer who was raised in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States in 1960. ... Rudolfo A. Anaya was born in Pastura, New Mexico on October 30, 1937. ... Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942-May 15, 2004) was a Chicana lesbian feminist writer, poet, scholar and activist. ... Jimmy Santiago Baca is an American writer. ... Norma Elia Cantú is a Chicana postmodernist writer and a professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. ... Victor Cass (born September 20, 1968) is an American artist, writer, and peace officer living in Pasadena, California. ... Ana Castillo signing a copy of Massacre of the Dreamers, May 25, 2006 Ana Castillo (born 1953) is a Chicana novelist, poet, short story writer, and essayist. ... Rafael C. Castillo was the first editor of ViAztlan: a journal of Chicano Arts and Letters established in San Antonio, Texas in 1979. ... Linda Chavez (born June 17, 1947 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a prominent Hispanic-American conservative author, commentator, and radio talk show host. ... Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954 in Chicago) is a United States author and poet best known for her novel The House on Mango Street. ... Gregory Thomas Garcia, also known as Greg Garcia, is a writer and producer of television series, including the long-running sitcom, Yes, Dear and the Emmy Award winning My Name Is Earl. ... A silkscreen poster with an image of Rodolfo Corky Gonzales by Rodolfo Rudy Cuellar of the Royal Chicano Air Force announcing a lecture at UC Davis, ca. ... José Angel Gutiérrez, is an attorney and professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. ... Maria Hinojosa is a reporter for CNN. She is based in the New York bureau and joined CNN in 1997. ... Arturo Islas, a native of El Paso, Texas, was a professor of English and a novelist, writing about the experience of Chicano cultural duality. ... Jim Mendiola (born in San Antonio, Texas) is a Los Angeles based writer/director. ... Pat Mora (born 1942) is a female Mexican-American author and poet. ... Cherríe L. Moraga (born 25 September 1952) is an American writer, feminist activist, poet, and playwright. ... Julian Nava (born June 19, 1927) is an American educator and diplomat. ... Dr. Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, professor emeritus of English in the Texas State University System (Sul Ross), and Visiting Scholar and Lecturer in English at Texas A&M University (Kingsville), has long been regarded as one of the most persuasive of American Hispanic social and literary critics, at the... Jorge Ramos (born March 16, 1958) is a Mexican anchor of Noticias Univision. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tomás Rivera (December 22, 1935—May 16, 1984) was a Chicano author, poet, educator, and University of California, Riverside chancellor, the first Mexican American to hold the position at any UC. He is best remembered for his 1971 Faulknerian stream-of-consciousness novella Y no se lo tragó la... Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954) is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. ... Richard Rodriguez (born 31 July 1944) is a Mexican-American writer who became famous for his 1982 book, Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (ISBN 0-553-27293-4), a narrative about his development as a literate, American student. ... Ruben Salazar or Rubén Salazar (March 3, 1928 - August 29, 1970) was a Mexican-American news reporter killed by the police during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the author Alex Sanchez. ... Hope Sandoval, a singer-songwriter born out of a large Mexican-American family in east L.A. in 1966, fronted the band Mazzy Star. ... Caucasia, book cover Danzy Senna, (1970 - ) is an American novelist. ... Leslie Marmon Silko (born March 5, 1948) in Albuquerque, New Mexico is a Native American writer of Pueblo Laguna, Mexican, and white descent. ... A rendition of Pancho Aguila from a 1977 silkscreen poster by Rupert García announcing a poetry reading. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mario Suárez (1925 – 1998) was one of the earliest Chicano writers. ... Sergio Troncoso Sergio Troncoso is an American author of short stories and novels. ... Dr. Sabine Reyes Ulibarrí (September 21, 1919 – January 4, 2003) was an American poet. ... Luis Valdez depicted on a 1981 silkscreen poster announcing a dance fundraiser. ... Victor Villaseñor (born 1940) is an American fiction author. ... Helena Maria Viramontes at the Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival, September 30, 2006. ... Image File history File links Representación pictórica de la Piedra del Sol Representação pictórica da Pedra do Sol File links The following pages link to this file: Aztec calendar Wikipedia:Commons ... Chicano teenager in El Pasos second ward. ... // Meaning La Raza means literally in Spanish the race. ... Look up Latino, latino in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... now. ... The Hispanic world Hispanic (Spanish Hispano, from Latin Hispānus, adjective from Hispānia, Iberian Peninsula) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, its people and culture. ... mari ta loca For situation in 2006 see Mexican Americanmaria ta locaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa The history of Mexican-Americans is wide-ranging, spanning more than four hundred years and varying from region to region within the United States. ... Combatants United States Mexico Commanders Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Stephen W. Kearney Antonio López de Santa Anna Mariano Arista Pedro de Ampudia Strength 7,000 - 43,000 18,000 - 40,000 Casualties KIA: 1,733 Total dead: 13,283 Wounded: 4,152 25,000 killed or wounded (Mexican government... The birthday party for Eleanor Coronado, held at her parents rural Los Angeles County home, was winding to a close in the early hours of Sunday, August 2, 1942, as a large group of young people from 38th Street pulled up. ... The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). ... The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War II, between sailors and soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican American youth gangs headed by pachucos, recognized because of the zoot suits they favored. ... WikiProject Tasks This article has been identified by the members of WikiProject Mexican-Americans/Chicanos as the subject of a group collaboration, currently underway, with the goal of elevating it to Featured Article status. ... The seven caves of Chicomoztoc, from Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca Aztlán (, from Nahuatl Aztlan ) is the legendary ancestral home of the Nahua peoples, one of the main cultural groups in Mesoamerica. ... A Católicos por la Raza demonstration Catolicos Por La Raza is a political association organized by Ricardo Cruz in the later 1960s in Los Angeles, California. ... Chicanismo is a cultural movement by Mexican Americans to recapture their Mexican, Native American culture, which began in the 1930s in the Southwest United States. ... The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. ... The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, was a movement of Chicano anti-war activists that built a broad-based but fragile coalition of Mexican-American groups to organize opposition to the Vietnam War. ... The Plan Espiritual de Aztlán (Spanish: Spiritual Plan of Aztlán) is a manifesto advocating Chicano nationalism and self-determination for Mexican Americans. ... El Plan de Santa Barbara: A Chicano Plan for Higher Education was written by the Chicano Coordinating Council on Higher Education as a manifesto for the implementation of Chicano Studies educational programs throughout the state of California. ... The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and Philip Veracruz. ... Alianza Federal de Mercedes, led by Reies Tijerina, was a group based in New Mexico in the 1960s that fought for the land rights of Hispanic New Mexicans, primarily in northern New Mexico. ... A silkscreen poster by Daniel Desiga promoting Colegio César Chávez, ca. ... Hernandez v. ... Plyler v. ... Mendez v. ... Chicano Park is a 7. ... Chicano rap is a subgenre of rap music and latin rap that embodies aspects of West Coast and Southwest Chicano culture and is typically performed by American rappers of Mexican descent. ... Chicano Rock Music is rock music performed by Mexican American groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture. ... Cholo is a Spanish term of Latin American origin. ... Estrada Courts is a low-income housing project in the Boyle Heights area of East Los Angeles, California, located in the vicinity of 3200 and 3300 Olympic Boulevard, near Lorena Street. ... 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline Bomb from the Viejitos Car Club Orange County A lowrider is a car or truck which has had its suspension system modified (usually with hydraulic suspension) so that it rides as low to the ground as possible. ... A pachuco was a Chicano youth in the mid-20th century who wore flashy clothes (such as a Zoot Suit). ... Poster for Teatro Campesino performing at a strike benefit with Quicksilver Messenger Service July 1966 at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco. ... Tortilla art refers to fine art that uses tortillas as a canvas. ... For the film, see Zoot Suit. ... . ... This is a list of Chicano writers and poets: Alurista Oscar Zeta Acosta Rudolfo A. Anaya Gloria E. Anzaldúa Jimmy Santiago Baca Jose Antonio Burciaga Ana Castillo Lorna Dee Cervantes Viviana Aparicio Chamberlain Sandra Cisneros Juan A. Contreras Alicia Gaspar de Alba Guillermo Gómez-Peña Rodolfo Corky... The following is a partial list of United States cities and towns in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Hispanic or Latino, according to data from the 2000 Census. ... César Chávez, activist Adela Dalto, singer, song writer and author Rodolfo Corky Gonzales, godfather of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, 1928-2005 José Ángel Gutierrez Reies Lopez Tijerina Categories: People by race or ethnicity ... Famous Hispanic Americans Christina Aguilera, pop singer Isabel Allende, writer Roberto Alomar, baseball player Julia Alvarez, writer Luis Walter Alvarez, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Rudolfo Anaya, writer Desi Arnaz, actor Judy Baca, artist Joan Baez, folk singer and activist David Barkley, soldier and Medal of Honor recipient Jean-Michel Basquiat...