Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Date of Award

12-2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Dr. Jennifer R. Mata

Second Advisor

Dr. Sonia Hernandez

Third Advisor

Dr. Charles Waite

Abstract

Colegio Jacinto Treviño, based in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, was the first Chicano college in the United States. The Colegio met the same challenges that the national Chicano Movement endured. External threats, internal infighting, political mismanagement, and gender issues affected and attributed to the demise of the Colegio. This study provides a history of this alternative educational institution and highlights the founders of the college and the issues and people whom fought and supported its existence. It is crucial because the local college personified the national student and academic character of El Movimiento, the Chicana/o movement. In an attempt to reconfigure mainstream academia on their terms and to undo imposed discriminative limitations, the school leaders found themselves operating within limited dominant constructs.

Comments

Copyright 2008 Carlos Lino Cantú. All Rights Reserved.

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Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American

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