{"product_id":"9780997680928","title":"Center, Colorado: Su Voto Cuenta!","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecades of economic subjugation. Overt voter suppression. A history of Ku Klux Klan harassment going back to the early 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century. Education denied based on skin color or ethnicity. Governing boards in the grip of white businesses. A culture relegated to second-class citizenship by government-sanctioned decree. Yet a people so resilient, so committed to family and to community that they have claimed their place at the decision-making tables of their town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThinking Mississippi? Georgia? South Carolina? Think again. Meet the \u003cem\u003emejicano \u003c\/em\u003epeople of Center, Colorado. THi is out story, specifically the story of fifteen intense years of action (1970-1985) in which \u003cem\u003emejicanos\u003c\/em\u003e claimed their right to forge their own destiny. The Colorado town of Center was founded early in the 1900s as an “Anglo town” focused on farming for profit. Shortly thereafter \u003cem\u003emejicanos\u003c\/em\u003e, villagers from northern New Mexico\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e came to the town willing to work to sustain their families. The very land on which Center was built had already been stolen from other \u003cem\u003emejicano \u003c\/em\u003eland grantees by Congressional action while similarly sanctioned land grabbing had displaced the \u003cem\u003emejicanos\u003c\/em\u003e who moved to Center. Native-born U.S. citizens, yet consistently denied the full rights of U.S. citizenship, their roots went back more than ten generations in the geographic area. Through community action, the ballot box, and legal action, they made their voices heard. Together they faced down the racial prejudice of an Anglo establishment – their employers – who believed the Town was theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur story, told from the inside by two citizen-activists who helped to shape Center's history, details intense actions \u003cem\u003emejicanos\u003c\/em\u003e courageously and passionately took to meet the injustice. It tells of the frustrations and disappointments as well as the progress and victories of a people who did not initially have political power but who nonetheless found a way to dismantle the unjust structures that perpetuated racism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old John Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017955426544,"sku":"9780997680928","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780997680928_p0.jpg?v=1763945278","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997680928","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}