Rebels who survived the vicious fighting that killed about one of seven Mexicans in the first decade of the Mexican Revolution increasingly turned their attention to creating a more equitable society for their countrymen. They initiated major campaigns for land redistribution, worker rights,...

Lisa Elizondo, a University of Alabama junior and McNair Scholar who spent her summer collecting oral histories of Chicano-rights activists, presents the findings from oral histories gathered during her McNair Scholars Summer Research Internship in June and July 2010 under the guidance of Dr....