Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Perspectives. 1. Backgrounds. Stepchildren of a nation / George I. Sánchez
  • Cultural heritage of the Southwest / Sabine R. Ulibarri
  • The art of Mexican-America / Jacinto Quirarte
  • Toward a history of the Mexican-American / Feliciano Rivera
  • 2. Folklore. Count La Cerda's treasure / Nina Otero
  • Tales from San Elizario / Josefina Escajeda
  • Don Tomás / Jovita González
  • The legend of Gregorio Cortez / Américo Paredes
  • 3. Days in the lives. Kiss of death / Armando Rendón
  • A letter from jail / Reies López Tijerina
  • Profile : Rubén Salazar / José Andrés Chacón
  • Message from García / Philip D. Ortego
  • 4. Voices and the movement. An interview with Julián Samora / Julián Samora
  • The meaning of the Chicano Movement / Lydia R. Aguirre
  • Speak up, Chicano / Armando M. Rodríguez
  • Chicano youth and the politics of protest / Mario T. García
  • Part II. The creative spirit. 5. Poetry. The other pioneers / Roberto Félix Salazar
  • Saltillo Mountains / José Antonio Navarro
  • Of bronze the sacrifice / Nephtalí de León
  • Aztec angel ; Crazy gypsy / Luis Omar Salinas
  • Nag's Head, Cape Hatteras / Javier Honda
  • To an old woman ; The oyster of the green gaze ; Homage to the Greek / Rafael Jesús González
  • incongruity / Jane Limón
  • I too, America / Leo Romero
  • Open / Elvira Gómez
  • Suffer little children / Georgia Cobos
  • Soundless words ; When love to be? ; Past possessions ; The eyes of a child / Tomás Rivera
  • My certain burn toward pale ashes ; Chicano is an act of defiance / Tino Villanueva
  • Life of a bracero when cotton is in season / Jaime Calvillo
  • Los caudillos ; A trip through the mind jail / Raúl Salinas
  • Hasta la victoria siempre / Raymundo Pérez
  • to a child ; El Paso ; vision / Richardo Sánchez
  • Escape ; La raza / Margarita Virginia Sánchez
  • Brown-eyed children of the sun / Pedro Contreras
  • 22 miles / José Angel Gutiérrez
  • Stupid America ; La raza ; La tierra ; La causa / Abelardo Delgado
  • 6. Drama. The day of the swallows / Estela Portillo
  • 7. Fiction. The cell of heavenly justice / Arthur L. Campa
  • Gentleman of Río en Medio / Juan A.A. Sedillo
  • Hunchback Madonna / Fray Angélico Chávez
  • Everybody knows Tobie / Daniel Garza
  • Lupe's dream / Raymond Barrio
  • Glossary
  • Suggested further reading.