In the lower corner of Barbara Carrasco’s monumental 1981 mural, L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective, there is an assembly of characters. Among them are Chicana activists like Anna Nieto Gomez, sports ...

The black-and-white drawing depicts a kitchen table surrounded by the words “Chicano art” and other floating text amid a frenzy of mugs that seem to tip over but never fall, a bag of coffee ...