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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.
In 1968, Margarita Mita" Cuaron was a fifteen-year-old sophomore at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. [3] Cuaron helped organize nearly 22,000 students, mostly of Mexican-American background, who participated in the 1968 East Los Angeles, Chicanx Student Walkout demanding better teachers, smaller classes, and equal opportunity in higher education. [4]
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, ...
"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 ...
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 is a 2006 HBO film based on a true story of the 1968 East L.A. walkouts, also referred to as the Chicano blowouts. [1] It premiered March 18, 2006 on HBO . [ 1 ] Starring Alexa Vega , Efren Ramirez and Michael Peña , the film was directed by Edward James Olmos .