Description
Book SynopsisThrough the relationships between the African American civil rights groups of the 1960s and 1970s and the United Farm Workers, a primarily Mexican American union, To March for Others examines the complexities of forming coalitions across racial, socioeconomic, and geographic divides in pursuit of justice and equality.
Trade Review"Araiza's thoughtful analysis of the varying intersections of the UFW and black civil rights organizations . . . should lead scholars of the period to explore and examine further the different levels of cooperation and involvement between black and brown civil rights organizations. Her compelling work is an important reminder that these relationships were not one-dimensional or stagnant, but evolving and dynamic.
To March for Others makes a significant contribution to scholarship on the long civil rights era." *
American Historical Review *
"Araiza has recovered the heroic efforts of leaders who forged effective multiracial coalitions by crossing the treacherous ground where class, geography, and organizational ideology and method intersected. . . .
To March for Others is also useful as a crash course in the history of the UFW, and it serves as a solid refresher of the civil rights movement's major organizations and leaders, making it useful for undergraduate classes on the civil rights movement and postwar America." *
Labor: Studies in Working-Class History *
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To March For Others is essential reading for those seeking to broaden their understanding of the Civil Rights Movement and for those with an eye to the future of minority coalitions." *
Pacific Historical Review *
"Araiza's focus on coalitions is a welcome contribution to the literature of social movements in the United States." *
Journal of American History *
"A well-written, nuanced, and thought-provoking contribution.
To March for Others joins a growing body of scholarship that looks at ethno-racial groups not only comparatively but relationally, and advances our understanding of the factors necessary for alliances across racial and other divides." * Shana Bernstein, author of
Bridges of Reform: Interracial Civil Rights Activism in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles *
"A solid and persuasive argument on the importance of pursuing multiracial politics of civil rights and economic justice simultaneously.
To March for Others is at the cutting edge of work about black-brown coalitions." * Thomas Jackson, author of
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice *
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. This Is How a Movement Begins
Chapter 2. To Wage Our Own War of Liberation
Chapter 3. Consumers Who Understand Hunger and Joblessness
Chapter 4. More Mutual Respect than Ever in Our History
Chapter 5. A Natural Alliance of Poor People
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
