The Miners' Lament: A Story of Latina Activists in the Empire Zinc Mine Strike

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A Note on Corridos Corridos are traditional Mexican ballads These songs tell stories often about historical events in which the heroes fight injustice The corrido as a musical form was developed developed in the 1800s and sung throughout Mexico However over time the corrido became known as la música de la frontera the music of the border because it was especially especially popular along both sides of the United States mexico mexico border on page 156 The corrido that appears in this story is in Spanish but readers can find an English version in the back of the book