The Struggle in Black and Brown: African American and Mexican American Relations during the Civil Rights Era

Index

INDEX Page numbers in italic indicate illustrations Abernathy, Ralph, 160, 164, 170, 184, 185, 190, 193, 194 Acosta, Oscar Zeta, 173 Acuña, Rodolfo, 135 Adams, Hank, 193 African American–Mexican American relations: 10–11; coalitionbuilding and cooperation, 1–4, 37–38, 67–70, 78–80, 82, 83–94, 237–38, 244–45, 265–66, 275–76, 277; competition and, 35, 105, 107, 126–27, 135–43, 270, 271, 272, 273–74, 275, 277–78; different groups and organizations and, 60–61; divergent tactics and contexts, 9, 20–23, 21, 27, 29–30, 35, 50, 53–55, 62; ethno-racial nationalism and, 95, 98–99, 116–21, 182, 197–98, 199–200; gender and, 246–49, 250–52; as influenced by whites, 27–28, 30; labor and, 8, 56, 271; leadership and differences/divisions, 9–10, 20, 32, 49–50, 53, 57–59, 60–61, 95–96, 112–13, 150, 165–66, 167–68, 174n9, 182–83, 268–68; music and culture, 10, 14–15, 212–13, 215–16, 217–18, 220–21, 224–26, 228; politics and, 258–59, 260–61, 269–70, 271–72; Poor People’s Campaign and, 181–82, 195–200; population density and, 8, 50, 53, 54–56; power sharing and, 59–60, 267, 269; race/racism and, 7–8, 20, 23, 50–51, 62–67, 95–96, 98, 260, 267, 275; regional differences and, 8, 50, 53, 260; segregation and, 51–52; violence and, 121, 247, 268, 274; in War on Poverty, 104–5, 113–16, 118–20, 126–28, 135–38, 181 Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (awoc). See United Farm Workers (ufw) Alabama Sympathy March, 55 Alexander, Will W., 24, 25 Alianza de Pueblos Libres/Federal de Mercedes, 1, 184 Alinsky, Saul, 96 Allen, Bob, 134 Allen, Roxanne, 197 Alvarez, Luis, 252–53 American Civil Liberties Union (aclu), 11, 23–24 American G.I. Forum, 49, 60, 110, 133–34 Anderson, Ada, 62 Andow, Paul, 61 Arellanes, Gloria, 179, 180, 189–90, 194, 195, 199 Avila, Eric, 63 Avila, Manuel, 49–50 Azios, A. D., 139 INDEX 292 Babu, Anthony Akku, 1 Baker, Chet, 216 Baldwin, Roger N., 24–26, 28, 30, 32, 33 Baldwin, Ruth Standish, 25 Baldwin, William Henry, Jr., 25 Ballejos, Gilberto, 199 Ballis, George, 83 Bárragan, Miguel, 195 Biden, Joe, 259 Black, Claude W., 57, 137 Black and Brown Coalition (bbc), 69 Black Congress, 1 Black Panther Party, 1, 159 Black Power movement, 10, 168 Blake, Harry, 53 Blanche, Gertrude, 244–45 Blanton, Carlos, 5–6 Blease, Coleman, 81 Bonner, Booker T., 53–54, 56 Booth, Ken, 224 Bowser, Christopher, 274 Bradford, Bobby, 221 Bradley, Tom, 109 Branch, Taylor, 129 Bremond, Walter, 1 Bridges, Suzette, 197 Brooks, George, 273 Brooks, Wendy Goepel, 84, 88 Brown, Edmund “Pat,” 90 Brown, Gatemouth, 224 Brown, George, 116 Brown Berets, 1, 111, 179 Brown-eyed soul, 14–15, 212–33 Brown Power. See Chicano movement Brown v. Board of Education, 33, 36–37, 49, 65, 127 Brubeck, Dave, 216 Burdon, Eric, 227 Burney, Cecil, 133 Burns, Harry V., 59–60 Bush, George H. W., 140–41 Butler, Jerry, 211 Butts, Marion, 61–62 Calderon, Richard, 172 California Migrant Ministry, 82, 155 Camarillo, Albert, 242 Campos, Gilbert, 54 Candelaria, Sal, 195 Cannibal and the Headhunters (musical group), 222–23 Cannon, Terry, 81, 82, 85, 90 Carmichael, Stokely, 86, 168, 170 Carrea, Manual, 272 Carrigan, William, 52 Carrillo, Natasha, 258–59 Castro, Vikie, 111 Cervantes, Luis, 274 Charlie and the Jives (musical group), 224 Chatfield, Leroy, 154, 157 Chavez, Cesar, 12, 13–14, 79, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89–90, 97, 148–49, 149, 153–54, 158, 160, 163, 165–66, 170, 172–73, 174n11, 186, 266; and Poor People’s Campaign, 182, 188–89 Chavez, Dennis, 24 Chavez, Ernesto, 225 Chicano movement, 10, 66–67, 68, 168, 182, 186–87, 222–25, 265, 266–67 Chicanos por la Causa (cplc), 267–69 Chicano Youth Liberation Conference , 198–99 Clark, Isobel, 112–13, 114, 116 Clay, Sonny, 220 Clinton, Bill, 260 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 258, 259 Cohen, Jerry, 154, 156 Coleman, Ornette, 221 Collette, Buddy, 219 INDEX 293 Congress of Racial Equality (core), 1, 88 Cooke, Sam, 224 Cooke, Terence, 168 Cornejo, Juan, 54 Corona, Bert, 1, 116, 152, 159, 183 Coronado, Gregorio, 129 Cortes, Ernesto, 192 Crook, Bill, 125 Crusade for Justice, 1, 180, 187, 197–98 Cruz, Lauro, 60 Davies, Gareth, 131, 141 Davis, C. Anderson, 64 Davis...