This article writes about the creation of the Chicana/o studies program at the University of Berkley, as well as how the program would not have been added without protests and demonstrations. The historical context of this article is the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Chicana/o studies program at Berkley. Todd Holmes, a writer for Berkley to celebrate Hispanic Historical month, wrote this article for awareness of how much it took for this course to be added at Universities and how there is always a struggle for the education of all cultures.
The article reflects Holmes point of view as he wanted to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month by making the struggle to add this course known. The historical significance of this article is the awareness of the struggle to have an Ethnic Studies course added to a university. This article benefits my research as it shows how much effort it took the Latinx community and other communities of color to have the addition of basic ethnic studies into universities in the United States.
“The development of Chicana/o Studies is also a story that highlights another side of the civil rights movement, one where actions in the classroom, rather than those in the streets, proved the long-lasting vector of social change” (Todd Holmes).
Holmes, Todd. “Oral History Center Documents the Founding Generation of Chicana/o Studies.” UC Berkeley Library Update (blog), October 2, 2020. https://update.lib.berkeley.edu/2020/10/02/ohc-documents-the-founding-generation-of-chicana-o-studies/.