Comment by Henry Flores: on [LRL] on NYC Conference on the Chicano Movement:
The Editor: A conference is being held in New York City to discuss the Chicano Movement of the '60's & '70's. Herman Baca, a knwon Chicano activist of those times provides his comments and concerns about the conference.
The name of the conference is Latinx Freedom Movement. Link to the program here.
Chicanos who went through the should read Baca's write.
The Editor's take, 1. why x. Most Chicanos don't deal with that. 2. Why NYC, given that the movement is Southwest.
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COMMITTEE ON CHICANO RIGHTS
Herman Baca, President
April 1, 2026
WHEN IS HISTORY, NOT HISTORY, ESPECIALLY CHICANA/O HISTORY?
Chicano Movementio Veteranas/os:
For your info., below is my analysis of the “Latinx Freedom Movement,” first national conference, April 9-10, 2026 at the Graduate Center in New York City. Which will archive Chicano Movimiento history? I was asked for my opinion, by a number of persons concerned about Chicana/o history & the conference. Before stating my opinions, note my concerns. First, I do not speak for any person attending, organizations or other ethnic groups. My opinions, are solely mine based on my life’s experiences & 58-years involvement in the Chicano Movimiento struggle. A Movimiento, that since the end of the U.S./Mexico War of 1848 has been the only politically organized entity in the U.S (not Latinos, Mexican-Americans, His-Her panics, X’s, or?) to carry on our people’s historical struggle…Mexico 500-year & the 179-year Chicano struggle in the U.S. Second, my responsibility to persons of the Chicano Movimiento that are no longer with us. Persons, who were tear gassed, beaten, surveillance, jailed, placed 6-feet in the ground, that struggled & sacrificed for our peoples’ history. Third, a call to protect of our peoples’ history, due to a concerted effort today to redefine, erase or take our history away. A history, we didn’t have until the advent of the Chicano Movement in the 1960’s, or 112-years after the U.S./Mexico War. A historical fact that I can personally attest to, attending schools in New Mexico & California in the 1950’s, the only Mexicans history I was ever told about & taught, Columbus discovered America (us) & Mexicans killed Davy Crockett at the Alamo. Finally, to demand that our peoples history is respected, by whomever records, archives or uses it.
MY CONCERNS:
The conference is not my main issue, their statement is; “To bring together, for the first time, veteran organizers of the 1960s Latinx civil rights, Brown Power movements & the role of Latinx in the freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s.” Is it above truthful, because in my opinion; if Chicana/o Movimiento history is going to be archived, then the issues below should be raised, questioned & clarified?
- Politically, is “The Latinx Freedom Movement” part of the same movement that, “At a meeting (2019) in Los Angeles, student leaders voted almost unanimously to drop the reference to “Chicano” and “Aztlán” from Mecha & the Chicano Movement, over concerns the words are homophobic, anti-indigenous and anti-black?” To me a historical case, of divide & conquer.
- The veteran organizers of the 1960s Latinx civil rights? Who were the organizers & Latinx civil rights Movement? Factually, I don’t ever remember hearing of any organizer or organization named X, in the 1960s & 70’s?
- Brown Power movements, no it was called the Chicano Movimiento?
- The role of LatinX in the freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s?” Yes,clarify their role?
In conclusion, I believe for veteranas/os of the Chicano Movementio our first responsibility is to our people, persons of Mexican ancestry (a conquered people) left here in the U.S. after the 1848 U.S./Mexico War. Second, to protect our peoples’ history & demand it be respected, recorded & defined with the integrity & truthfully that it merits. In closing, true or not, “A people without a history is like a tree without roots, dead!”
Sinceramente,
Herman Baca
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