CHAPTER FIVE. The Lie of “America’s Greatest Generation”: Mexican Americans Fight against Prejudice, Intolerance, and Hatred during World War II

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Abbreviations xv
5. Introduction 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. We Are the Salt of the Earth: Conditions among Mexican Workers in the Early Great Depression Years 16
7. CHAPTER TWO. Gaining Strength through the Union: Mexican Labor Upheavals in the Era of the NRA 62
8. CHAPTER THREE. “Do You See the Light?”: Mexican American Workers and CIO Organizing 114
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Advocates of Racial Democracy: Mexican American Workers Fight for Labor and Civil Rights in the Early World War II Years 158
10. CHAPTER FIVE. The Lie of “America’s Greatest Generation”: Mexican Americans Fight against Prejudice, Intolerance, and Hatred during World War II 203
11. CHAPTER SIX. Labor Rights Are Civil Rights: The Emergence of the Mexican American Civil Rights Struggle 252
12. Conclusion 281
13. Notes 291
14. Index 361
15. Backmatter 376