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Luis Valdez founds the El Teatro Campesino
Luis Valdez founds the world-famous El Teatro Campesino, the first farm worker theatre, in Delano, Calif. Actors entertain and educate farm workers about their rights. -
Congress passes the Cuban American Adjustment Act
Congress passes the Cuban American Adjustment Act allowing Cubans who lived in America for at least one year to become permanent residents. No other immigrant group has been offered this privilege before, or since. -
Latino high school students in Los Angeles protest unequal treatment by the school district
Latino high school students in Los Angeles stage citywide walkouts protesting unequal treatment by the school district. Prior to the walkouts, Latino students were routinely punished for speaking Spanish on school property, not allowed to use the bathroom during lunch, and actively discouraged from going to college. Walkout participants are subjected to police brutality and public ridicule; 13 are arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and conspiracy. -
MALDEF becomes the first legal fund to pursue protection of the civil rights of Mexican Americans
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund opens its doors, becoming the first legal fund to pursue protection of the civil rights of Mexican Americans. -
Puerto Rican youth in Chicago form the Young Lords Organization
