Making the MexiRican City Erika Giles Battles for Freedom: Authoritarians and

Battles for Freedom: Authoritarians and Democrats Meeting and Competing explores the dynamic interplay of Authoritarian and Democratic forces in global politics

haloed saints with hands raised in prayer

and occasionally abusive parents--sound familiar

The text focuses on the characteristics of these students within general education and special class settings

for no one can hear the horns of Elfland and remain unchanged

Making the MexiRican City Erika Giles Battles for Freedom: Authoritarians andLarge numbers of Latino migrants began to arrive in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the 1950s. They joined a small but established Spanish speaking community of people from Texas, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Delia Fernandez Jones merges storytelling with historical analysis to recapture the placemaking practices that these Mexicans, Tejanos, and Puerto Ricans used to create a new home for themselves. Faced with entrenched white racism and hostility, Latinos