Movers & Shakers
Latinx Movers & Shakers
Here are some of the stories of influential Latinx voices in law, politics, and society. These biographies provide some insight to the thought, feelings, and histories behind their remarkable achievements. Our collection includes the stories of SLS alumni, judges, academics, politicians and activists. We invite you to come explore profiles on overlooked trailblazers, retrospective reflections on historical figures, and autobiographies and interviews with Latinx leaders giving life to their own narratives.
The Stanford Law Chronicles: Doin' Time on the Farm
Alfredo Mirandé
The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in contemporary politics, law, and social movements
Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. González, editors in chief
Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist
Cynthia E. Orozco
Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies
edited by Alberto López Pulido, Barbara Driscoll de Alvarado, Carmen Samora
Pasando páginas: La historia de mi vida
Sonia Sotomayor (Author), Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)
Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012
U.S. House of Representatives
Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago
Leonard G. Ramírez, et al.
Law Professor and Accidental Historian: The Scholarship of Michael A. Olivas
edited by Ediberto Román
Las primeras : an historical presentation of the first Latina attorneys licensed in the United States
Dolores S. Atencio
My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor
Colored Men and Hombres Aquí: Hernández V. Texas and the Emergence of Mexican-american Lawyering
Edited by Michael A. Olivas
Not from Here, Not from There/No Soy de Aquí ni de Allá: The Autobiography of Nelson Díaz
Nelson A. Diaz
Oral history interview with Gloria Molina
Carlos Vásquez
Adversity Is My Angel: The Life and Career of Raul H. Castro
Raúl H. Castro and Jack L. August, Jr.
Rascuache lawyer : toward a theory of ordinary litigation
Alfredo Mirandé
Albert A. Peña Jr. : dean of Chicano politics
José Angel Gutiérrez
Latino urban ethnography and the work of Elena Padilla
edited by Mérida M. Rúa.
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography
Miriam Pawel
Born on the border : Minutemen vigilantes, origins of Arizona's anti-immigrant movement, and a call for increased civil disobedience
Ray Ybarra Maldonado