Chicano Latino Studies
Welcome!
The academic field of Chicano/Latino Studies owes its origin to the 1960s Chicano/Mexican American civil rights movement, the Puerto Rican civil rights movement, and their efforts to open universities to Latino students, and to promote university-community links that improve the status of Latino populations. The Chicano/Latino Studies Program at Portland State University proudly stands in this tradition of university work committed to community improvement.
