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  2. Chicano Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Chicano Movement, also referred to as El Movimiento (Spanish for "the Movement"), was a social and political movement in the United States that worked to embrace a Chicano/a identity and worldview that combated structural racism, encouraged cultural revitalization, and achieved community empowerment by rejecting assimilation.

  3. East L.A. walkouts - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Chicano Youth Liberation Conference - Wikipedia

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    The conference took place from March 27 to 31, 1969. [3]Workshops focused on topics related to "Social Revolution" and "cultural" issues. These included creative workshops to create poetry, art, music, and writing, as well as lectures, seminars, and workshops about issues and problems for the Chicano community, organizational techniques, political philosophy, self defense, civil disobedience ...

  5. Juan Gómez-Quiñones - Wikipedia

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    He was a founding co-editor of Aztlán, a journal of Chicano studies. He began teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1969 and has held his post for over forty years. He has served as the director of UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center , as well as on the board of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund .

  6. Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco ...

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    The Chicano Movement and its leaders allowed the Hispanic community to have room in conversations in modern-day America and have empowered them to exercise their rights. Cinco de Mayo was borne of ...

  7. Mexican American Youth Organization - Wikipedia

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    It was the brain child of five young Chicano student activists-José Ángel Gutiérrez, Mario Compean, William "Willie" Velasquez, Ignacio Perez, and Juan Patlan. All were graduate or undergraduate students at Saint Mary's, a small liberal arts college in San Antonio (now Saint Mary's University). At the Fountain Room, a barseveral blocks form ...

  8. Chicano - Wikipedia

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    Chicano (masculine form) or Chicana (feminine form) is an ethnic identity for Mexican Americans that emerged from the Chicano Movement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Chicano was originally a classist and racist slur used toward low-income Mexicans that was reclaimed in the 1940s among youth who belonged to the Pachuco and Pachuca subculture.

  9. Chicano civil rights mural by El Paso's well-known artist ...

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    El Paso's well-known muralist Cimi Alvarado has completed a mural marking the Chicano Civil Rights struggles of the 1960s. The mural unveiling will be Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Boys and Girls Club ...