Student Activism and the Three Peoples Paintings: Challenging Settler Mythology at the University of New Mexico

Authors

Samuel E. Sisneros, University of New MexicoFollow
Samuel Sisneros, University of New Mexico

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2019

Abstract

This article chronicles five decades of periodic student activism against the controversial Three Peoples paintings on the walls of the University of New Mexico’s Zimmerman Library.

Publisher

University of California Press in collaboration with UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press. Copyright 2019 by The Regents of the University of California.

Publication Title

Aztlán - A Journal of Chicano Studies

First Page

19

Last Page

52

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

Mural art, chicano art, University of New Mexico history, racism, student activism, settler colonialism

Recommended Citation

Samuel Sisneros, “Student Activism and the Three Peoples Paintings: Challenging Settler Mythology at the University of New Mexico.” Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies 44, no. 1 (2019): 19–52. Published by University of California Press in collaboration with UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press. Copyright 2019 by The Regents of the University of California.