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Main Leader: Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association. Cesar dedicated his life to improving the treatment, pay, and working conditions of workers on grape farms. This union joined with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee in its first strike against grape growers in California in 1965. Cesar has played a huge role in the improvement of farm workers and of imigrantas from other places -
Main Leaders: Dolores Huerta
Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta is a labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with César Chávez, co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers. she commited her life to the effort of improving conditions and pay in farms for immigrants -
Mendez v Westminster
ResourceMendez v Westminster School District was the first case in which segregation in education was successfully challenged in federal court. Mexican American children were segregated into "Mexican" schools so 500 parents of Mexican American children, including Mendezes, united against sgregation in their school district. Federal judge Paul McCormic in favor of Mendezes because segregation was violating the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Creation of American GI forum in 1948
The American GI Forum (AGIF) was founded on March 26, 1948 in Corpus Christi, Texas by Dr. Hector Perez. His leadership and his work led to several high-level appointments by United States Presidents including an Ambassadorship to the United Nations. On March 26, 1984, President Ronald Reagan awarded him the nation's highest civilian medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom -
National Farm Workers' Association
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Cesar Chavez founds the NFWA, starts strike against grape growers
Cesar Chaves found the National Farm Workers Organizing Committee in order to help Lations farm workers. Because of bad working conditions and poor pay, Cesar led a 300-mile march. They also boycotted Californian grapes which spead across North America. The result was that union workers were guaranteed higher wages and other benefits.
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Major accomplishments of the movment
The major effects of the Chicano movment are political actions Its efforts on behalf of Chicano students and community members included a focus on social and cultural matters, as well as educational and political objectives. The outcome was more right that where granted to the people of this culture and ethnic backgroung. -
Support our law enforcement and safe neighborhoods
Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (Bill 1070) is a legislative act signed into law by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, that is widely viewed as the most stringent anti-illegal immigration measure passed in decades. “reasonable suspicion” that an individual is unlawfully present to make reasonable attempts to determine the immigration status of that person and makes the unlawful presence of a foreign national a criminal offense. http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/support_our_law_enforcem
