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- ↑ "Book Review: "The Politics of Chicano Liberation" Edited by Olga Rodriguez | Poor Magazine". www.poormagazine.org. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ↑ "The Militant - 3/18/96 -- Lessons From Chicano Liberation Struggle". www.themilitant.com. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
