Chavez to discuss history of West LA barrios
Event Date:
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 1:00pm
Event Location:
CSRC Library - 144 Haines Hall
On Wednesday, March 7, 1:00 p.m., in the CSRC Library, Miguel Chavez, director of the Chicana and Chicano Studies at St. Cloud State University, will discuss his study “Las Cuatro Esquinas (The Four Corners): The Chicana and Chicano Movement in the West Side of Los Angeles, 1963–1979.” His is the first study to examine the history and development of el movimiento in four historical Mexican barrios in West Los Angeles. According to Chavez’s findings, the term “Las Cuatro Esquinas” was used by activists as a political slogan to politicize and unite Mexican working-class communities on the city’s west side. The event is co-sponsored by the UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies.
Watch the video of this event here.