Raza Books Worth Checking Out

Websites/Links to Important Raza Books for our Youth

Always Running & Author Luis Rodriguez's site

The Mixquiahuala Letters & Ana Castillo's site

Down These Mean Streets & Author Piri Thomas's site

Delia's Song (Lucha Corpi)

Pa'Lante Young Lords Book

'We Took the Streets' Fighting 4 Latino Rights w/ the Young Lords

They Call Me King Tiger- Autobiography of Reies Tijerina

House on Mango Street & Sandra Cisneros's site

Locas (about females in gangs)

Revenge of the 'Illegal Alien:' A Mexican Takes on the Empire

Don't Be Afraid Gringo (Honduras)

One Day of Life (El Salvador)

Rebel Lives-Autobio Haydee Santamaria

Bless Me Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)

Drink Cultura: Chicanismo (Burciaga)

Chicana Falsa & Michelle Serros' site

Real Women Have Curves & Josefina Lopez' site

Los de Abajo (Mariano Azuela-Mexico)

Santora, the Good Daughter

Message to Aztlan (Corky Gonzalez)

Zoot Suit & Other Plays (Luis Valdez)

Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos (Jose A. Gutierrez)

Song of the Hummingbird (Graciela Limon)

Woman Boxers: The New Warriors

Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant (Ramon Perez)

Y No Se Lo Trago La Tierra (Tomas Rivera)

Chicano: History of Mex-Am Civil Rights Mov. (Arturo Rosales)

500 Years of Chicana History (Betita Martinez)

Zoot Suit Riots (Mauricio Mazon)

Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Mov. (Carlos Munoz)

Las Soldaderas: Women of Mex. Revolution

The Other Campaign-EXLN (Subcomandante Marcos)

Along the Border Lies (Paul Flores)

Calaca Press (10+ Raza books)

Arte Publico Press (250+ Raza Books)

AK Press

Teaching Guide for Reies Tijerina Autobiography