Latinos at the Golden Gate: Creating Community and Identity in San Francisco

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments, xi introduction. How Do I Get to San Francisco?, 1 Latin Americans and the Golden Gate 1 / But Things Will Soon Take Change, 15 Race and Power in Gold Rush San Francisco 2 / El Esplendor, Brillantez e Influencia de Nuestra Raza, 51 Panethnic Identity and the Spanish-Speaking Church 3 / We Can’t Go Home, 83 Latin American Migration and Community in the Twentieth Century 4 / All Those Who Care about the Mission, Stand Up with Me!, 119 Latino Community Formation and the Mission Coalition Organization 5 / ¡Basta Ya!, 149 Raza Youth in an Era of Radical Third World Possibility epilogue. Speaking Latino, 183 San Francisco in an Era of Latino Evictions Notes, 189 References, 213 Index, 225 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Depiction of the July 1849 attack on Chileans orchestrated by “the Hounds” , 45 Map of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and surrounding area, 1906, 70 A girls’ class preparing to enter Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption, 1924, 76 Map of San Francisco, 1900, 86 Julia Bayze at La Mexicana grocery store with owner Peter Arizu, 1947, 95 Ben Martinez, president of the mco, addresses an mco rally in front of City Hall, May 1969, 136 Representatives of the mco give Ethel Kennedy a tour of the Mission District, circa 1970, 141 A diverse group of Mission youth gather to support local parks, 157 “Serve the People: Free los Siete,” 1970, poster for the Comité Para Defender Los Siete de la Raza, 177 This page intentionally left blank ...