Backroads Pragmatists: Mexico's Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States

Like the United States, Mexico is a country of profound cultural differences. In the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution (1910—20), these differences became the subject of intense government attention as the Republic of Mexico developed ambitious social and educational policies designed to integrate its multitude of ethnic cultures into a national community of democratic citizens. To the north, Americans were beginning to confront their own legacy of racial injustice, embarking on the path ...