El Curso de la Raza

El Curso de la Raza: The Education of Aurelio Manuel Montemayor tells the story of Chicano activist and self-described fronterizo Aurelio Manuel Montemayor, whose dual identities as an educator and political organizer informed his hitherto little-known role in developing a course, or curso , that cultivated Chicano leadership from the barrios . This memoir follows Montemayor during the formative periods of his life—his education, his teaching career, his political awakening—to describe the devel