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Chicano Movement Begins
The Chicano movement began with the purpose of bringing ethnic empowerment to Mexican Americans. Another drive was to fix the harsh conditions of Mexican American farm workers. -
Larry Itliong
Larry Itliong was one of the early members of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee. IN the early years of its existence, he helped with recruiting members to it. He had been sent by the Union Leaders to Delano to organize grape workers in the Filipino Hall. He sparked the beginning of the Delano Grape Strikes. He asked for Cesar Chavez to support the strikes, leading to his rise in the spotlight. -
NFWA's Creation
The NFWA stands for National Farm Workers Association. It was started in 1962 by Cesar Chaves. Its main purpose was to get equal treatment for Mexican American farmworkers. One of the protests that the supporters of the NFWA used was the grape strike. In the strike, Chaves encouraged others to not buy grapes without a union label. Millions of consumers stopped buying grapes. -
Dolores Huerta
Delores Huerta was the founder of the Agricultural Workers Association. She worked alongside Caesar Chavez in the NFWA to help organize the start of the association. Huerta also helped lead the Grapes boycott in New York. -
Chicano Youth Movement
The Chicano youth movement was started to bring equality to the schools. To encourage anti-racism in schools and integrate non-white students, there was a sit-in conducted at the University of Washington. Other efforts to integrate schools included the Lemongrove boycott, where the parents successfully took the school district to court for integration. -
Brown Berets
The BRown Berets were a group of young Chicano influencers who fought for the self-determination of the Chicano people. They went against police brutality, had their own newspaper called La Causa, and ran a free clinic in the southwest. One of the first protests conducted by the Brown Berets was one held in East L.A. to fight against police brutality. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chaves was one of the founders of the United Farm Workers union. This union pushed to improve the pay and working conditions of Chicano farmer workers. The union also helped pass the Legislation of 1975 that made it mandatory for farmworkers to be able to form unions, vote at secret-ballot elections, and bargain with their employers. -
Lasting Impression and Further Fight for Equality
The Chicano movement left lasting changes to the segregated educational systems and workers' rights. Politics were also changed when the Chicano movement fought for Mexican-American voting rights. All-inclusive, unsegregated school districts are only possible through the efforts of the many groups that participated in the protests. The fair treatment of laborers was also revolutionized by the fight the workers put up to get treated as they should.
