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José Ángel Gutiérrez
José Ángel Gutiérrez
Born on October 25, 1944 Crystal city, TX. Gutierrez went to three colleges only to be denied a teaching job the he was far overqualified for. He then started a civil rights movement for mexican Americans in Texas and eventually became the judge of the district that had previously denied him a teaching job. -
1947 Mendez v Westminster
Mendez v. Westminster case
Five Mexican-American fathers challenged the racial segregation against those of Mexican ancestry in Los Angeles, California. -
Creation of the American GI forum in 1948
History of the American G.I. Forum
Was created to adress the concerns of Mexican-American veterans who were not given the same benefits that other American veterans recieved. -
Cesar Chavez founds the National Farm Workers' Association (renames the United Farm Workers' Association in 1962); starts strike against grape growers (1965)
United Farmworkers UnionAn organization of workers that sought unemployment insurance. This group later merged with another to form the United Farm Workers of America. -
Major accomplishments of the group
Chicano movement-problems and achievements
An accomplishment of the Lation rights movement was that the latino race is not giving up and their population is only growing. They stuck up for what they thought was right, and they were not getting treated fairly -
Reagan passes he Immigration Reform and Control Act granting amnesty to illegal immigrants
Amnesty for illegal immigrantsThis gave amnesty to illegal immigrants and also set standards for how businesses would deal with immigrants in the future. -
Two problems or goals we continue to fight today
Chicano movement
One goal is Immigration and education reforms are of key importance to the community.
One problem the unimportance of immigrants in american society was hundreds of thousands of Latino immigrants and others participate in the Day Without Immigrants, boycotting work, school and shopping, to symbolize the important contributions immigrants make to the American economy. -
Obama executive order regarding undocumented child immigrants (June 2012)
Obama administration to stop deporting some young illigal imigrants
His executive order determined that the undocumented youth would not be deported from the United States. These youth recieved special permission to stay in the country.
