Chicano Movement
Noah Mark Logan
The Chicano Movement form 1960's to Today
National Farm Workers Association
- Union
- Mainly migrant workers that stopped picking grapes trying to get a higher wage
- Founders: Dolores Huerta, Gil Padilla, and Cesar Chavez
- By 1965 1,700 members
Grape strike and boycott
- 300 mile march to Sacramento to encourage public sympathy for the strike
- 17 million Americans refused to buy grapes; lasted till 1970
Movement Leaders
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance of Land Grants)- Regain land taken from Mexican Americans through fraud or deception over the years.
Rodolfo Gonzales
Founded the Crusade for Justice and spoke about discrimination in american schools. Crusade for Justice: Promoted Mexican American nationalism
Jose Angel Guitierrez
Founded Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) which helped fight for civil rights in Texas. Also formed the La Raza Unida Party which is a chicano political party.
Student Walkout
- March 1st, 1968, 300 students at Wilson High school in California, walked out of there classes to protest the cancellation of a school play
- Within a week 15,000 students joined the protest in east Los Angeles
Brown Beret
Similar to the Black Panthers, but more towards Mexican Americans in response to police brutality against Mexican Americans in Los Angeles.
Movement Weakens
The movement lost some of its political power in the 1970's. The Brown Berets dissolved in 1972, and many Mexican Americans lost interest in the movement.
We No Speak Americano by SHidi