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Chicano Movement
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Brought an official end to the Mexican-American War. -
Quest for a Homeland
Examines the beginnings of the movement by profiling Reies Lopez Tijerina and the land grant movement in New Mexico in 1966 and 1967. It shows how Tijerina's fight to convince the federal government to honor the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) galvanized Mexicans and Mexican Americans across the Southwest. -
Justice in Denver
Rodolfo (Corky) Gonzales and his founding of the Crusade for Justice in Denver in 1966. Focusing on the importance of his poem I am Joaquin, it highlights how Gonzales reached out to Chicano youth. -
Taking Back the Schools
Highlights the inequalities in schools for Mexican-American students. High school students meet with Robert Kennedy to discuss these issues. -
The Struggle in the Fields
César Chávez and his efforts to organize farm workers in the central valley of California. It delineates the various components of Chávez's strategy for farm worker self determination—strikes, boycotts, pilgrimages, fasts—and emphasizes his commitment to nonviolence and the importance of faith and prayer in achieving his goal. -
Fighting for Political Power
The creation of La Raza Unida Party as a third party force for political power and the importance of political rights. -
U.S. Surgeon General
Antonia Coello Novello, 1990–1993. She was also the first woman ever to hold the position. -
U.S. Supreme Court Justice:
Sonia Sotomayor, 2009. She is also the third woman to hold the position.
