Rebirth of Our Nationality
Renacimiento de nuestra nacionalidad

Rebirth of Our Nationality

Renacimiento de nuestra nacionalidad

Rebirth of Our Nationality



5800-5898 Canal St., Houston, TX 77011



“Rebirth of Our Nationality” depicts the rebirth of Chicano self-identity and cultural pride and the Chicano struggle for civil and human rights. This rebirth is necessitated due to the systemic racism and oppression suffered by Chicano people. In the center of this enormous mural (240 feet wide by 18 feet high), a young couple, representing a new generation, emerges from the petals of a brilliant red flower that has grown over a pile of skulls that symbolize their Mexican-American ancestors with all of their hardships and struggles. The couple reaches to each side of the mural towards numerous figures that are moving towards them bringing their historical and cultural experiences to instill in the couple a sense of self-identity, cultural awareness and self-appreciation. “These and all we have traversed provide the soil from which our flower sprouts and blooms.” Above the couple is a quotation from Octavio Paz, the Nobel Prize winning Mexican poet, “To become aware of our History is to become of our singularity.” The original mural was completed in 1973 during the Chicano movement. With the help of Gonzo247, one of Houston’s most renowned artists, the mural was restored in 2018.



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Creator: Leo Tanguma and Mario E. Figueroa Jr. (Gonzo247)

Area: Houston / East End

Contributor: Enrique Del Valle

Source: Center for Mexican American & Latino/a Studies

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