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The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests by Chicano students against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. The first walkout occurred on March 5, 1968. The students who organized and carried out the protests were primarily concerned with the quality of their education.
Salvador B. Castro (October 25, 1933 – April 15, 2013) was a Mexican-American educator and activist.He was most well known for his role in the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkouts, a series of protests against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools.
1.1 1968 East Los Angeles. 1.2 Women Factory Walkouts of 1834 and 1836 [1] 1.2.1 Background. ... In labor disputes, a walkout is a labor strike, ...
Along with this theme NCMC commemorated the life of Sal Castro who died earlier that year after his distinguished career in education, most notably supporting the East Los Angeles high school walkouts. An October 11, 1968 Los Angeles Freep article was headlined "Education, Not Eradication", began "Sal Castro won his teaching job back at Lincoln ...
The true story of the 1968 East Los Angeles Walkouts, following a group of Chicano students and the teacher who mentored them. “Mosquita y Mari” (2012) by Aurora Guerrero. A coming-of-age ...
"Walkout" (2006) by Edward James Olmos. Based on the true story of the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkouts. "Mosquita y Mari" (2012) by Aurora Guerrero. A coming-of-age indie film about two ...
In March, students from all five public high schools in East L.A. walked out of their classes protesting against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. Over the next several days, they inspired similar walkouts at fifteen other schools. [42]
In 1968, the Brown Berets planned and supported the East Los Angeles blowouts or school walkouts for some 10,000 youth who protested unequal education over two weeks. [ 2 ] [ 9 ] Two months after the blowout on May 31, 1968, five Brown Berets were arrested or indicted, becoming part of the East L.A. 13 . [ 3 ]