De Colores Means All of Us

Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century

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On sale Jul 25, 2017 | 288 Pages | 9781786631190
A radical Latina perspective on race, liberation, and identity

Elizabeth Martínez’s unique Chicana voice has been formed through over thirty years of experience in the movements for civil rights, women’s liberation, and Latina/o empowerment. In De Colores Means All of Us, Martínez presents a radical Latina perspective on race, liberation and identity. She describes the provocative ideas and new movements created by the rapidly expanding US Latina/o community as it confronts intensified exploitation and racism.

Elizabeth Martínez is a Chicana feminist and a long-time community organizer, activist, author, and educator. Her best-known work is the unique bilingual volume 500 years of Chicano History in Pictures and the popular video based on it, which she co-directed.

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A radical Latina perspective on race, liberation, and identity

Elizabeth Martínez’s unique Chicana voice has been formed through over thirty years of experience in the movements for civil rights, women’s liberation, and Latina/o empowerment. In De Colores Means All of Us, Martínez presents a radical Latina perspective on race, liberation and identity. She describes the provocative ideas and new movements created by the rapidly expanding US Latina/o community as it confronts intensified exploitation and racism.

Author

Elizabeth Martínez is a Chicana feminist and a long-time community organizer, activist, author, and educator. Her best-known work is the unique bilingual volume 500 years of Chicano History in Pictures and the popular video based on it, which she co-directed.

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