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Salazar was murdered in an act of police brutality. The death of Salazar marked the official beginning of the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles and inspired Mexican Americans to actively protest violent police behavior. Baca's reference to the Silver Dollar Bar in the mural recognizes the history of police brutality against Mexican Americans and pays homage to the efforts of Chicano protestors who advocated for a safer and more just future.
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Sonora Town's inhabits have faced various social and economic issues that plagued the barrio. Following its initial development in 1899, the people of Sonora Town suffered extreme poverty, crime, and hazardous environments while receiving little aid or recognition from the government. The decrepit houses of Sonora Town illustrated in Baca's mural call attention to the state of
California's neglect of this population of Spanish-speaking individuals.
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Barbara missions came oppression, murder, and unbearable living conditions. These conditions allowed for the vast spread of disease, including dysentery syphilis, which drastically increased mortality rates and led to over a 50% decrease in the Chumash population. Baca symbolizes this widespread genocide with the depiction of Chumash corpus in the lower left of the mural.
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In the mural, an image of a soldier is located along the illustration of a river. The soldier is labeled with the title “The Silver Dollar”, referencing the Silver Dollar Bar, which played a significant role in sparking the
Chicano Movement of the 1970s. The Silver Dollar Bar marks the location when
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The creation of the mural was sparked by a number of concerns and demands made by Latino and
Chicano students during the 1993-1994 academic year. The University received 45 different submissions before choosing Baca, who was widely known for the creation of “The Great Wall of Los Angeles.” The mural
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All of these elements depict the history of the U.S.-Mexico border and the culture of migration across it. Mexican migrants and workers are often synonyms of criminality for border agents even though most people cross the border for economic and social reasons, searching for a better life in a land
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The larger meaning behind this mural is a sort of celebration of the importance of the land. On the far right of the mural we see a sleeping woman that wakes up displeased to realize that the border has become a part of her. Also on the far right, at the front of the line of workers, there is a man
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On the upper part of the mural, Baca paints the los ranchos. The ranchos were occupied by
Mexican settlers before the 1870s. Some ranchos Baca depicts are Rancho La Cienega, Palos Verdes, Los Verdugos, Santiago de Santa Ana, La Ballona and San Fernando. This land is typically viewed as a symbol of
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At the center-right of the mural, on the
Mexican side of the land, there is an illustration of a conquistador's head. The image of the conquistador has a helmet painted near the workers and activists that are depicted on the right edge of the mural. The conquistador is depicted as an illustration
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Kivas, which can be built above or below ground, were used for both religious and day-to-day domestic activities depending on the community that was utilizing them. Smaller Kivas often served as single-person homes, while those that were solely used for ritual purposes tended to be larger than
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The U.S-Mexico border is clearly marked in the mural by a flowing river turning into a paved road, as previously mentioned, and it is easy to see the contrast of the two lands because the Mexican side is untouched or underdeveloped, while the U.S side shows development, crops, and greenery.
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Hispanic California. The ranchos are often romanticized and viewed with a sense of nostalgia by many Hispanics. The land is reminiscent of a time before European-American settlers occupied and colonized the territory.
417:(1886–1957) was a Mexican artist and activist. His art is very political, and through it he has supported the Mexican Revolution and the socialist revolution while condemning colonialism, capitalism, and imperialism.
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to show these men's ever-present nature on this land and their need to claim control over it and the native people because they had different cultures and practices that were misunderstood as that of “savages.”
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