Brian D. Behnken is an associate professor in the Department of History and the U.S. Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University. He is the author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas.

"A solid anthology."—R. Acuna, Choice "This book is a groundbreaking step in the evolution of the exciting subfield of black-brown relations. Each of the essays contains valuable lessons, and the book should be required reading for scholars of the civil rights movements and of American racial formations."—Max Krochmal, Journal of American History "Brian D. Behnken has brought together an important group of senior and junior scholars on the making of black-brown relations to document the long history of cooperation and conflict between the two groups. Behnken's collection of essays successfully documents the many spaces of coalition and discontent between the African American civil rights and Chicano movements."—Alberto Rodriguez, Southwestern Historical Quarterly "This volume is a fascinating and important contribution to the field."—Julie Leininger Pycior, Journal of Southern History

• List of Illustrations   000Introduction      000Brian D. Behnken1. Not Similar Enough: Mexican American and African American Civil Rights Struggles in the 1940s 000Lisa Y. Ramos2. The Movement in the Mirror: Civil Rights and the Causes of Black-Brown Disunity in Texas      000Brian D. Behnken3. Complicating the Beloved Community: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Farm Workers Association   000Lauren Araiza4. The Neighborhood Adult Participation Project: Black-Brown Strife in the War on Poverty in Los Angeles 000Robert Bauman5. "Mexican versus Negro Approaches" to the War on Poverty: Black-Brown Competition and the Office of Economic Opportunity in Texas   000William Clayson6. Cesar and Martin, March 68   000Jorge Mariscal7. Black, Brown, and Poor: Civil Rights and the Making of the Chicano Movement 000Gordon Mantler8. Brown-Eyed Soul: Popular Music and Cultural Politics in Los Angeles  000Luis Alvarez and Daniel Widener9. Raising a Neighborhood: Informal Networks between African American and Mexican American Women in South Central Los Angeles  000Abigail Rosas10. A New Day in Babylon: African American and Mexican American Relations at the Dawn of the Millennium  000Matthew C. WhitakerList of Contributors    000Index 000

Brian D. Behnken is an associate professor in the Department of History and the U.S. Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University. He is the author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas.

"A solid anthology."—R. Acuna, Choice "This book is a groundbreaking step in the evolution of the exciting subfield of black-brown relations. Each of the essays contains valuable lessons, and the book should be required reading for scholars of the civil rights movements and of American racial formations."—Max Krochmal, Journal of American History "Brian D. Behnken has brought together an important group of senior and junior scholars on the making of black-brown relations to document the long history of cooperation and conflict between the two groups. Behnken's collection of essays successfully documents the many spaces of coalition and discontent between the African American civil rights and Chicano movements."—Alberto Rodriguez, Southwestern Historical Quarterly "This volume is a fascinating and important contribution to the field."—Julie Leininger Pycior, Journal of Southern History

• List of Illustrations   000Introduction      000Brian D. Behnken1. Not Similar Enough: Mexican American and African American Civil Rights Struggles in the 1940s 000Lisa Y. Ramos2. The Movement in the Mirror: Civil Rights and the Causes of Black-Brown Disunity in Texas      000Brian D. Behnken3. Complicating the Beloved Community: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Farm Workers Association   000Lauren Araiza4. The Neighborhood Adult Participation Project: Black-Brown Strife in the War on Poverty in Los Angeles 000Robert Bauman5. "Mexican versus Negro Approaches" to the War on Poverty: Black-Brown Competition and the Office of Economic Opportunity in Texas   000William Clayson6. Cesar and Martin, March 68   000Jorge Mariscal7. Black, Brown, and Poor: Civil Rights and the Making of the Chicano Movement 000Gordon Mantler8. Brown-Eyed Soul: Popular Music and Cultural Politics in Los Angeles  000Luis Alvarez and Daniel Widener9. Raising a Neighborhood: Informal Networks between African American and Mexican American Women in South Central Los Angeles  000Abigail Rosas10. A New Day in Babylon: African American and Mexican American Relations at the Dawn of the Millennium  000Matthew C. WhitakerList of Contributors    000Index 000

Brian D. Behnken is an associate professor in the Department of History and the U.S. Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University. He is the author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas.

"A solid anthology."—R. Acuna, Choice "This book is a groundbreaking step in the evolution of the exciting subfield of black-brown relations. Each of the essays contains valuable lessons, and the book should be required reading for scholars of the civil rights movements and of American racial formations."—Max Krochmal, Journal of American History "Brian D. Behnken has brought together an important group of senior and junior scholars on the making of black-brown relations to document the long history of cooperation and conflict between the two groups. Behnken's collection of essays successfully documents the many spaces of coalition and discontent between the African American civil rights and Chicano movements."—Alberto Rodriguez, Southwestern Historical Quarterly "This volume is a fascinating and important contribution to the field."—Julie Leininger Pycior, Journal of Southern History

• List of Illustrations   000Introduction      000Brian D. Behnken1. Not Similar Enough: Mexican American and African American Civil Rights Struggles in the 1940s 000Lisa Y. Ramos2. The Movement in the Mirror: Civil Rights and the Causes of Black-Brown Disunity in Texas      000Brian D. Behnken3. Complicating the Beloved Community: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Farm Workers Association   000Lauren Araiza4. The Neighborhood Adult Participation Project: Black-Brown Strife in the War on Poverty in Los Angeles 000Robert Bauman5. "Mexican versus Negro Approaches" to the War on Poverty: Black-Brown Competition and the Office of Economic Opportunity in Texas   000William Clayson6. Cesar and Martin, March 68   000Jorge Mariscal7. Black, Brown, and Poor: Civil Rights and the Making of the Chicano Movement 000Gordon Mantler8. Brown-Eyed Soul: Popular Music and Cultural Politics in Los Angeles  000Luis Alvarez and Daniel Widener9. Raising a Neighborhood: Informal Networks between African American and Mexican American Women in South Central Los Angeles  000Abigail Rosas10. A New Day in Babylon: African American and Mexican American Relations at the Dawn of the Millennium  000Matthew C. WhitakerList of Contributors    000Index 000