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To help satisfy your love for Chicano Art, check out these books at your local library

San Antonio Chicano Art

Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Rosales, F. Arturo
This book traces the history of the struggle for Chicano Civil Rights from the 1800s to the 1970s. The author looks at the individuals and cultural forces that shaped the history of the movement, and focuses on the period from 1965 to 1975.

El Quetzal Emplumece: An Anthology of Chicano Literature Compiled by Carmela Motalvo and Leonardo Anguinao
Includes photographs and biographical sketches of the authors. Poetry–Essays–Fiction–Drama

Triumph of Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art by Gary D. Keller
Fourth volume of an ongoing sequence highlighting contemporary Chicano art.

The Roots of Texas Music edited by Lawrence Clayton and Joe Specht
An informative, sweeping look at Chicano music beginning with Olmeca culture and ending with rock and roll.

Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature Edited by Dagoberto Gilb
A historic anthology that establishes the canon of Mexican American literature in Texas.