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I'm Tomás Summers Sandoval and this is my blog. I'm an asociate professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History at Pomona College, the author of Latinos at the Golden Gate(2013), and a generally nice guy. You can learn more about me at my main website.
Tag Archives: 1968
WALKOUT!!
In March 1968 thousands of Chicana and Chicano students boycotted their schools in protest of racism and educational inequity. Shouting “Walkout! Walkout!” more than ten thousand students disrupted the normal business of their school day by physically leaving and gathering … Continue reading
All Hail the King! Praise His Name and Glory!
So many 40 year anniversaries came and went in 2008. Many of them were momentous historical events, ones that defined 1968 as a tumultuous year in U.S. political and social history. As a historian of social movements, almost everyday this … Continue reading
Tlatelolco Massacre 40 Years Later
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the massacre of protesting students in Mexico. The government repression occurred in the “Plaza de las Tres Culturas” on the evening of October 2, 1968, days before Mexico City hosted the Olympic games. While … Continue reading
