This bibliography identifies good secondary sources relevant to the history of Latino CDCs referenced above, along with useful sources on the history of the CDC movement more generally. This is an ongoing reference source that will expand as references to other Latino CDCs are added to the website.

Austin, Michael J., Gabriel Orozco, & Sara L. Schwartz. “The Unity Council at 40: A Pioneering Community Development and Service Organization (1967–2007).” Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. No. 8, (2007): 45-65. (SSUC)

Chavez, John, R. Eastside Landmark: A History of the East Los Angeles Community Union, 1968-1993. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. (TELACU)

Contreras, Eduardo. Latinos and their Liberal City: Politics and Protest in San Francisco. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. (OBECA)

Diaz, David R. Barrio Urbanism: Chicanos, Planning and American Cities. London: Routledge, 2005

Domhoff, G. William, The Ford Foundation in the Inner City: Forging an Alliance with Neighborhood Activists (Santa Cruz, CA: University of Southern California, WhoRulesAmerica.net, 2005). [[needs link]]

Gallegos, H. E. & M. O’Neill. Hispanics and the Nonprofit Sector. New York, NY: The Foundation Center, 1991.

Montejano, David. Quixote’s Soldiers: A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966-1981. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010. (MAUC)

Plascencia, Luis F. B. & Cuadraz, Gloria H. Mexican Workers and the Making of Arizona. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2018. (CPLC)

Rodriguez, Marc Simon. The Tejano Diaspora: Mexican Americanism and Ethnic Politics in Texas and Wisconsin. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. (UMOS)

Rosales, Francisco A. Chicano!: the history of the Mexican American civil rights movement. Houston: Arte Público Press, 1997. (CPLC)

Small, Mario L. Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. (IBA)

Sepúlveda, Juan A.,Jr. The Life and Times of Willie Velazquez. Su voz es su voto. (Houston: Arte Público Press, 2003. (MAUC)

Summers Sandoval, Tomás F. Latinos at the Golden Gate: Creating Community & Identity in San Francisco (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013). (OBECA)

Von Hoffman, Alexander, “Community Development: Past, Present, and Future.”

Von Hoffman, Alexander, “Fuel Lines for the Urban Revival Engine: Neighborhoods, Community Development Corporations, and Financial Intermediaries.” Practice Report Series. Fannie Mae Foundation. 2001.

Von Hoffman, Alexander, House by House, Block by Block: The Rebirth of America’s Urban Neighborhoods. Oxford University Press, 2003.