Chicano movement

Students have long played a prominent role in social and political activism. On the afternoon of February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a b…

1970 Chicano Moratorium 45 years ago today in East LA, 30,000 marched in the Chicano Moratorium in protest of the Vietnam War, and in an act of self-determination for Chicanos. Historians believe the...

In the 1960s and Now: Photos of Latino Youth Resistance #Artbound

The Chicano Civil Rights Movement, a turning point in Carmen's life

In March 1968, thousands of students walked out of four Los Angeles high schools. Most were of Mexican descent; they marched for better teachers, better facilities and college prep courses. The walkouts spread to include 22,000 students across L.A. and ignited a generation of Chicano activism.

"Our fight is at home, not in Vietnam" - The Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and the Brown Berets formed this anti-Vietnam war demonstration in the early 1970s. The left side of their banner reads, "Remember Ruben Salazar, who was a Mexican-American journalist killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, California. Does anyone know who took this picture?

I made it using a few Chicano movement era pieces. nothing too special on my part.

A great introduction to Chicano organizing and movement building. This is a telling of history from a very personal place from a man who lived it.

Current mood: babies by Van Gogh.

The effort to coin a term to describe a wildly diverse group of Americans has long stirred controversy.

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Fighting for Farm Workers' Rights: Cesar Chavez, the Delano Grape Strike and Boycott

United Farm Workers. Grape boycott. Farm Workers Unite!

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