Review of Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots

Review of Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots

By Lettycia Terrones – HBook.com – Photo Not Credited. In 1942 Los Angeles, after working all day at the canneries, teen sisters Lorena and Marisela can’t wait to put on their sharpest swing skirts and high heels for a night of jazz dancing with...
Chican@s Studies At UNM: A Historical Debt

Chican@s Studies At UNM: A Historical Debt

By Cristina Baccin – kunm.org – Poster: 2008, Dallas Latino Cultural Center. Image: Danza de la Tierra by Judy Baca Mon. 4/2, 7p: Today, on Espejos de Aztlán we´ll talk about a long standing need at the University of New Mexico: a deeper investment and...
“The Rise And Fall Of The Brown Buffalo” Review

“The Rise And Fall Of The Brown Buffalo” Review

By Peter Wong – BeyondChron.org – Image Not Credited. The man that writer Hunter S. Thompson immortalized in “Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas” was actually a Chicano rights activist named Oscar “Zeta” Acosta. Director Phillip Rodriguez tells Acosta’s...