Foreword : Latina(o) Civil Rights Movement : A Deferred Revolution / Donaldo Macedo -- Latino Educational Civil Rights : A Critical Sociohistorical Narrative Analysis / Anaida Colón-Muñiz and Magaly Lavadenz -- Recognizing Inequality and the Pursuit of Equity : A Legal and Social Equity Framework / Alberto M. Ochoa -- The Lemon Grove Desegregation Case : a Matter of Neglected History / Mike Madrid -- The Meaning of Méndez / Sandra Robbie -- My Recollection of a Failed Attempt to Return the Schools to the Public / Luis Fuentes (narrated by Anaida Colón-Muñiz) -- The BC 44, Ethnic Studies, and Transformative Education / Sonia Nieto -- Memoirs of El Centro : The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement in Higher Education / Pedro Pedraza -- The 1968 Los Angeles Chicano Walkout / Herman Sillas -- La Lucha Sigue : An Interview with Dolores Huerta / Magaly Lavadenz and Anaida Colón Muñiz -- I am a Chicana, I am Union, I am an Activist : The Struggle for Cultural, Educational and Linguistic Justice / Theresa Montaño -- Operation Chicano/a Teacher Program : A School-Based Equity Chicano Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program / Marta E. Sanchez -- I Don't Speak My Mother's Tongue / Evangelina "Gigi" Brignoni -- Becoming Myself in the World / Anaida Colón-Muñiz -- Proposition 227 and the Loss of Educational Rights : a personal perspective and quest for equitable educational programs for English Learners / María S. Quezada -- Latinos and Social Capitalization : Taking Back Our Schools / Magaly Lavadenz -- Latino Parent Engagement: Struggle, Hope, and Resistance / Pablo C. Ramirez -- A Concise History of the National Latino/a Education Research and Policy Project : Origins, Identity, Accomplishments, and Initiatives / Angela Valenzuela & Patricia Lopez -- Afterword / Peter McLaren and Suzanne SooHoo -- Appendix: A Chronology of Educational Experiences of Latinos in Latin America and the United States 1538-2011