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Mendez v. Westminister
A California court case that made the segregation of Hispanic children in public schools unconstitutional. -
Hernandez v. Texas
A supreme court case that explicitly gave the 14th amendment protections to all racial ethnic groups. -
JFK elected
Many Mexican Americans vote for JKF to be elected as he is for equal rights. -
UFW independent organization
the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee is recognized as an independent organization by California -
PASO unties
The Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASO) unites to take over the city council for 2 years in Crystal City, Texas. -
Federal Land Grant Alliance
Led by Reies Tijerina, many Chicanos united to fight for ancestral land in the south-west of the US -
National Grape Boycott
Apart of the Farm workers rights movements, grape pickers went on strike in California -
First Mexican-American history class
Rodolfo Acuña starts teaching the first Mexican American history class in Los Angeles, California. -
Reies López Tijerina and 3 day march
Reies López Tijerina was a firm believer that the land America gained from the Mexican-American war should belong to the Mexican American people as the land theirs ancestrally -
Efforts to unionize workers in Washington
Two students from Yakima Valley College, travel to California to meet Cesar Chavez. The meeting spawns organizational efforts to unionize farm workers in Central Washington. -
NFWA March in California
Cesar Chavez lead the National Farm Workers Association on a march from Delano to Sacramento. -
Crusade for Justice
Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez starts the crusade for justice in Denver, Co. -
MAYO forms on college campuses
Mexican American Youth Organization, forms chapters on College campuses in Texas -
UMAS formed
250 students representing seven Los Angeles colleges and universities meet to form the United Mexican American Students. -
School walkouts
Students in LA stage walkouts to the issues they faced. These included higher dropout rates, ban on speaking Spanish, and Eurocentric history. -
Start of MALDEF
The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, which helps protect the rights of Hispanic Americans is started by Mario G. Obledo. -
Young Lords
A group similar to the Black Panthers, that focused on the neighborhood empowerment of Chicanos in Chicago and later New York. The groups aim was civil and human rights -
Cesar Chavez's Fast
Responding to violent repression on Farm workers leads Cesar Chavez to begin a 25-day fast to keep the farm worker movement non-violent. -
School walkouts
Students in Denver stage walkout to protest the same issues as their LA counterparts -
First national Chicano Conference
The conference discussed the term Chicano over other descriptive words for Mexican-Americans, as well developed the movements manifesto "El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán" or "the Spiritual Plan of Aztlán". -
Brown Berets
A group similar to the Black Panthers, the Brown Berets were known for their direct protest of police brutality. They emerged in the late 1960's -
University of Washington stops having Grapes
Protests at the school leads to Wa. Univeristy being the first campus to stop having grapes as a way to avoid non-union grapes. -
United Farm Workers recognized as a Union
Grape growers sign and recognize the UFW as a union after 5 years of protests. -
First highway march
As protest to the Kent shootings thousands of Washington University students march to downtown Seattle. -
United Race Party founded
Apart of the Chicano Movement -
Invasion of Catalina Island
Brown Berets mimic AIM's takeover of Alcatraz and invade Catalina Island -
Equal Opportunity act (1974)
This act stopped the discrimination towards non-English speaking students and started the implementation of more Bilingual programs at schools -
voting rights act (1965) expanded
The rights act is expanded to included Hispanic Americans