In 1996, Judith F. Baca was commissioned to make a mural at the University of Southern Californa (USC) that brought awareness to the struggles that the Chicano community went through in order to get aknowledged at the university.
The name of the mural is "La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra" [The Memory of Our Land]. Several of the university's students gathered information about the history of Chicanos and Baca took that to create the large mural.
"La Memoria..." is like looking at history through a painting. The little blue houses at the top left corner of the painting signify the first houses that marked the Chicano community. A river flows through the middle of the painting and turns into a freeway. At the far right is an Aztec goddess and from her outstretched hand flows a group of people in protest [Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement].
"...Baca’s murals focus on revealing and reconciling diverse peoples’ struggles for their rights and affirm the connections of each community to that place."
http://www.judybaca.com/now/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=27
Here's the link to a photo of the mural on Baca's personal website: http://www.judybaca.com/now/index.php?option=com_igallery&view=gallery&id=5&Itemid=73
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