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Pages in category "Activists for Hispanic and Latino American civil rights" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jaime Manuel Gómez – Mexican-American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division; Delia Gonzalez – flyweight female boxer [24] Jesús González – amateur champion and Super middleweight contender; Paul Gonzales – flyweight Olympic gold medalist; Rodolfo Gonzales – boxer, poet, and leader of the Chicano civil rights movement
Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales [1] (June 18, 1928 – April 12, 2005) was a Mexican-American [2] boxer, poet, political organizer, and activist. [3] He was one of many leaders for the Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado.
As women across Mexico prepare to take to the streets for International Women's Day on Saturday, activists warn of fragile advances and mounting challenges five months into the presidency of the ...
In April 1938, Luisa Moreno and group of Mexican American labor activists, including Josefina Fierro, Eduardo Quevedo, and Bert Corona, organized the inaurural conference of El Congreso de Pueblos de Hablan Española in Los Angeles, an organization meant to promote a broad agenda of working class empowerment, civil rights, and Latino unity. [305]
Jovita Idar Vivero (September 7, 1885 – June 15, 1946) was an American journalist, teacher, political activist, and civil rights worker who championed the cause of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants.
Before this, Chicano/a had been a term of derision, adopted by some Pachucos as an expression of defiance to Anglo-American society. [14] With the rise of Chicanismo, Chicano/a became a reclaimed term in the 1960s and 1970s, used to express political autonomy, ethnic and cultural solidarity, and pride in being of Indigenous descent, diverging from the assimilationist Mexican-American identity.
At the heart of the protest is the controversial plan to move an iconic memorial dedicated to men and women of Mexican descent who gave their lives in service to their country.