Pachuco Gangs in Houston--A Postwar Phenomenon.

Cano, Luis Rey

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ERIC Number: EJ199939

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1979

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Pachuco Gangs in Houston--A Postwar Phenomenon.

Cano, Luis Rey

AGENDA, v9 n1 p17-20 Jan-Feb 1979

Combined with the overabundance of free time caused by unemployment, pachuco gangs in Chicano neighborhoods became very active during the 1940s. Houston had its own pachuco gangs that not only had feuds with each other but also clashed with Houston police. (NQ)

Descriptors: Civil Disobedience, Juvenile Gangs, Mexican Americans, Police Community Relationship, Social Bias, Social Discrimination

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Texas (Houston)

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