Mexica

In the early 1950s, the Los Angeles public began to hear about the forcible evictions taking place in an area known as Chavez Ravine, located on the north-east hills of Los Angeles. Chavez Ravine was largely populated by a tight-knit community of Mexican…

From the 1900s to the 1930s, the Anglo power structure in Los Angles silenced all groups who challenged their rule. Ricardo Flores Magón, who was the intellectual writer for the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century, resisted the Mexican dictator…

The Spanish conquest of the Mexica Empire and the ensuing imposition of Spanish colonial government upon the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico brought about alterations to the very fabric of life throughout the land. Numerous altepetl , or Nahua towns, saw…

During the early 15th century, a Triple Alliance developed in the Valley of Mexico between the city-states Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. Ultimately, the Mexica rose to military dominance and ruled from their capital of Tenochtitlan for a century…

“Join me. I rose up. I rose up in arms and I bring my countrymen. We no longer wish that our Father Diaz watch over us. We want a much better president. Rise up with us because we don’t like what the rich men pay us. It is not enough for us to eat and dress…

California has been under control under the Spanish and then the Mexican governments with the final acquisition going to the Americans. Within in this time frame, there has always been an elite class who were at the top of the social order in the Los Angeles…