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The Start of the Chicano Movement
The Chicano Movement started in 1965 during the civil rights era with three specific goals in mind. The restoration of land, rights for farmworkers, and education reforms. The Chicano movement had three people leading the movement, their names were Corky Gonzales, Cesar Chavez, and Dolores Huerta. The name Chicano means someone with Mexican heritage who lives in America. -
Striking workers
On the morning of March 17th, Cesar Chavez leads 100 farmworkers to begin the strike. After just 25 days Cesar had over 1000 farmworkers on strike with him. On Easter Sunday the growers agree to meet with the union. -
Eastern L.A High School walk
on March 6th, 1968 a peaceful walkout with 10,000 high school students in Los Angeles. as well as high school students who are joined by parents and supporters, the police are called to control the situation. on March 7th, there was a police riot after the students do another walkout. after this day they perform walkouts for the next two weeks till demands are met. -
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Vietnam
in 1969 the Chicano movement started a protest against Vietnam. In august of 1970 people apart of the Chicano movement were protesting, there are over 20,000 people protesting because of the amount of Mexican American casualties. -
Brown Berets
In eastern Los Angeles, the police department sent undercover officers and sheriffs to infiltrate Brown Berets. Their main goal of infiltration is to stop the organization and demote leadership. the police used a secret grand jury to try to jail the leaders of the movement. -
Grape workers strike
in 1973 a group of Californian grape farmers. even though it was a peaceful strike many were beaten a dozen were shot and two people were murdered during this strike. thousands of these workers were arrested for violating the anti-picketing law. -
Agricultural Labor
in 1975 California passed the Agricultural Labor law, which means that farmworkers have the right to organize. The union created an agricultural labor relations board to monitor the political influence -
Seatle schools
January of 1975 Proyecto Saber was at a school in Seatle. The program he was implementing culture and curriculum that were not in the school. His main goal was to stop desegregation in Seatle schools to let Mexican-Americans into schools -
Mexican-American elected officials
In 1977 a large number of Mexican-Americans served in Congres. Nearly 60% of Congres were Mexican-Americans. Many of these people were congressional leaders. They dealt with many issues like Voting rights, Bilingual programs, and the American immigration system.