Mexican American Youth Organization

<p>Among the protest movements of the 1960s the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) emerged as one of the principal Chicano organizations seeking social change. By the time MAYO evolved into the Raza Unida Party (RUP) in 1972 its influence had spread far beyond its Crystal City Texas origins. Its members precipitated some thirty-nine school walkouts demonstrated against the Vietnam War and confronted church and governmental bodies on numerous occasions.</p> <p>Armando Navarro here offers the first comprehensive assessment of MAYO's history politics leadership ideology strategies and tactics and activist program. Interviews with many MAYO and RUP organizers and members as well as first-hand knowledge drawn from his own participation in meetings presentations and rallies enrich the text.</p> <p>This wealth of material yields the first reliable history of this extremely vocal and visible catalyst of the Chicano Movement. The book will add significantly to our understanding of Sixties protest movements and the social and political conditions that gave them birth.</p>