bibliography

Cockcroft, Eva, Weber, John, and Cockcroft, Jim. Toward A People’s Art. New York,
New York: E.P. Dalton & Co Inc, 1977.
This book is a good way to become informed about the Contemporary Mural Movement throughout the United States. The book first starts off with a historical background about the members of the Organization for Black American Culture, or OBAC, and how they went about raising consciousness in their community and further surroundings. The authors move on to talk about the mural scene throughout the United States and the extent of their work. Later in the book, the authors write about the process of mural painting and how it has evolved over time. This book is especially important to read if you are interested in social change and social action. This is a great motivational peace if you want to make change in society or learn about people who have.

Encyclopedia Mexicana De Arte, 8^th ed., “El Muralismo de Mexico.”
This is a short and informative piece on the Art of Mexico, specifically the Muralism Movement in Mexico. The piece mentions Los Tres Grandes, who made the Muralismo movement what it is today. This piece also mentions each artists style and what each of their work represented for the movement. This is a good piece if you want to refresh your memory about the Muralismo movement or if you are interested in learning a few keys facts about the movement and the people involved.

Fred A. Lopez, “Reflections of the Chicano Movement,” Latin American Perspective. 19, no. 4 (1992).
Fred A. Lopez feels that today, the Chicano movement lies dormant while the "Latino" population continues to grow. In his paper, Lopez extensively annotates four pieces of writing by scholars, Ignacio M. Garcia, Mario T. Garcia, Juan Gomez-Quinones, and Carlos Munoz Jr. He talks about how these four people have helped to bring awareness of Chicano issues through their writings and experiences in the 1960s and 70s. Lopez details and outlines the works of the four scholars, and how they have attempted to analyze the importance of the era for the Chicano community. Lopez concludes his piece by offering a goal for the Chicano community and its leadership in the 1990s. He offers that their political agenda must being with the elimination of cultural and political alienation. This is an interesting piece if you want to learn about keys scholars that have worked to keep the history of the Chicano Movement alive. Although Lopez does not provide a complete history of the Chicano Movement, it is interesting to learn of key occurrences throughout the movement.

George Vargas, “Contemporary Latino Art in Michigan, The Midwest and the
Southwest” (Ph.D. diss., [University], [year]).
As an educator and artist, Dr. Vargas writes about the many types of Latino art that have been born and filtered throughout the Midwest and Southwest of Michigan. As Vargas discusses the many styles that encompass Latino art, he also discusses reasons that Latino art has evolved. This is a academic piece that gives scholarly information about Latino art.

Gonzalez, Juan. Harvest of Empire. New York: Penguin Books, 2001.
The Harvest of Empire is an book essential if you want to learn about the History of Latinos in America. Gonzalez explains the history of the Latinos by beginning with the first New World colonies and ending at America's nineteenth-century expansion. As the co-founder of the Young Lords, a 1960s Puerto Rican group, Juan Gonzalez is able to incorporate personal experience with historical accounts. This is an excellent book if you want an unbiased, quick and easy read about the history of Latinos in America.

"Introduction" Signs From the Heart, Sperling-Cockcroft & Barnet-Sanchez.
This introduction is brief in length, but very in depth of the way it describes the detail of the Chicano Art Movement. The introduction shed light about the inside story of the new and important American art form; Chicano art. It expresses the significant role the movement played historically, artistically, and educationally. This is an excellent piece because it is straight to the point and provides very interesting detail about el movimiento at the same time.

Keller, Gary D. et al. Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art. Volume II. Tempe:
Bilingual Press, 2002.
Volume II of Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art is very informative in that it provides a biographies of nearly 200 individual artists from across the United States as well as Chicano/a artists residing in Mexico and elsewhere while all at the same time working to raise social consciousness about the Chicano community. This volume also provides many pictures so that the reader can get a better idea of what the work created is working to express by means of style, texture and color.. This is an excellent piece if you are a visual learner.

Lockpez, Inverna. "Chicano Expressions" A New View in American Art. NYC, NY: INTAR Latin American Gallery, 1986.
This is a short, informative book about Chicano art. While providing details about the Chicano Art Movement, the books also provides photographs of the many art forms that were created by Chicano artists to voice their opinions, views, and distresses about their struggles. This books is highly recommended.

Schmeckebier, Laurence E. Modern Mexican Art. Westport: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1971.
This book records the development of the Mexican contribution to Modern Art. It involves a chronological history of the creative personalities and the works they produced, It also includes a number of problems that are fundamental to the development of a new Modern Art; a new generation of artists, changing political and economic conditions, and new social and aesthetic purposes. This book is of interest if you want a comprehensive survey of Modern Art from the Mexican point of view, the essential features significant to the development of the new style.

Zaragosa Vargas, Proletarians of the North: A History of Mexican Industrial Workers in Detroit and the Midwest, 1917-1933 (Berkley and Los Angeles: University of
California Press, 1993)
This book reminds us of several historical lessons. One of them being that Mexicans have long found domestic and international migration a necessary strategy for survival and advancement. It also speaks to tell that Mexican industrial workers' experience has been a bi national and bi cultural one, and most important, the Mexican workers have historically been resourceful,l and adaptable in facing the challenge of obtaining and maintaining employment in the United States. This is an excellent book if you want to learn about the nativism and racism that appears among U.S. employers, workers, and government officials during times of economic downturn and distress.