Syllabus

A Political Life: Edward Roybal (1916- )

Suggestions for Further Study

Edward Roybal

Boyle Heights

World War II and Mexican Americans

Sleepy Lagoon (1942)

Zoot Suit Riots (1943)

Los Angeles City Council (1949-1962)

Parley Parker Christiansen

Community Service Organization

Subversive Registration Bill (1950)

Mexican Americans and the LAPD

Mexican American Political Association (1959)

U.S. Congress (1962-1993)

Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (1965)

The "Chicano" Movement (1968)

Roybal's Legacy