Join ICW for lively conversation with D.J. Gonzales from Brigham Young University and USC’s Natalia Molina examining the histories and legacies of Mexican American grassroots activism and civil rights struggles in California. Drawing on rich archival research and community histories, this webinar will highlight Gonzales’s new book, Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California, which centers Orange County as a critical yet often overlooked site of political organization. The discussion will explore how local communities challenged segregation, built coalitions, and transformed the region’s civic and political landscape in the postwar era. The conversation will also consider how local movements in the West complicate and enrich national narratives of civil rights history.