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  2. Chicano Movement - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Chicano - Wikipedia

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    Chicano became widely adopted during the Chicano Movement. Chicano was widely reclaimed in the 1960s and 1970s during the Chicano Movement to assert a distinct ethnic, political, and cultural identity that resisted assimilation into the mainstream American culture, systematic racism and stereotypes, colonialism, and the American nation-state. [63]

  4. Chicanismo - Wikipedia

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    The Chicano movement of the 1960s, also known as El Movimiento, was a movement based on Mexican-American empowerment. [11] It was based in ideas of community organization, nationalism in the form of cultural affirmation, and it also placed symbolic importance on ancestral ties to Meso-America.

  5. Chicano history continues to impact the present... and the ...

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    People are familiar with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. They might be less familiar with what’s known as the Chicano Movement, but the movement’s impact can still be felt today.

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

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    El Movimiento, or the Chicano Movement, sought civil rights of all Mexicans living in the United States, according to the National Archives. This movement lasted from the 1940s to the 1970s. This ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Kelly Ingram Park - Wikipedia

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    The park, just outside the doors of the 16th Street Baptist Church, served as a central staging ground for large-scale demonstrations during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Reverend James Bevel of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference directed the organized protest by students in 1963 which centered on Kelly Ingram Park ...

  9. David Sanchez (activist) - Wikipedia

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    David Sanchez (born June 17, 1947) is an American civil rights activist, and founding member of the Brown Berets. In the 1960s and 70s he was heavily involved in the Chicano civil rights and political movements.