Chican@s: Our Background and Our Pride

When Nephtalí de León's Chicanos: Our Background and Our Pride was first published in 1972, it was banned by the Dallas (Texas) Public Library System and its author was "escorted out" of the school he attended (Lubbock High) by armed police. At the time, the word "terrorist" was not used, but he was accused of being a "revolutionary". This work appeared as an action and reaction against the partic...