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Mexican American servicemen in World War II, taken between 1941 and 1944. The United States entered World War II against the Axis Powers on December 7, 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Several hundred thousand Latino men served in the U.S. military during the war, about 500,000 of whom were Mexican American.
Their father, Nicasio Idar, was a strong and proud man, who advocated for civil rights and social justice for Mexican-Americans. He edited and published La Crónica, which became a major voice for Mexican and Tejano rights. Jovita wrote articles under a pseudonym, exposing the poor living-conditions of Mexican-American workers and supported the ...
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.
By 1950, in five major states in the United States, the Mexican-American voting bloc saw unforeseen growth. In Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and California, over 80% of Mexicans were eligible to vote. By 1960, the Mexican-American voting block grew even larger, encompassing almost 30% of the overall voting population in some states.
It was coordinated by the National Chicano Moratorium Committee (NCMC) and led largely by activists from the Chicano student movement (UMAS) with David Sanchez and the Brown Beret organization. [8] Draft resistance was a prevalent form of protest for Chicano anti-war activists, as it was for many youth at the time.
Another famous Mexican-American Vietnam War activist is Joan Baez, but she conducted her protests through music. Credited with resurrecting the dying art of folk music along with her contemporary ...
After World War II, the League of United Latin American Citizens filed a lawsuit in Texas to eliminate educational segregation of Mexican-American children in school systems. In June 1948, the federal court in Austin stated that this kind of segregation was unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment. [ 36 ]
Led by activist Veronica Cruz, Las Libres pioneered in training “acompañantes” to provide virtual guidance for self-managed medical abortions in Mexico and, since 2019, in the U.S. as well.