Making Lemonade Out of Lemons(English, Paperback, Alamillo Jose M.)

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Making Lemonade Out of Lemons(English, Paperback, Alamillo Jose M.) is written by Alamillo Jose M. and published by University of Illinois Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0252073258 (ISBN 10) and 9780252073250 (ISBN 13).

Out of the "lemons" handed to Mexican American workers in Corona, California--low pay, segregated schooling, inadequate housing, and racial discrimination--Mexican men and women made "lemonade" by transforming leisure spaces such as baseball games, parades, festivals, and churches into politicized spaces where workers voiced their grievances, debated strategies for advancement, and built solidarity. Using oral history interviews, extensive citrus company records, and his own experiences in Corona, Jose Alamillo argues that Mexican Americans helped lay the groundwork for civil rights struggles and electoral campaigns in the post-World War II era.