Chicano Movement

By rgiberson
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The treaty added 525,000 miles to US territory. Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming would become American territories. Rio Grande River becomes recognized as America's southern boundary.
  • Formation of the League of United Latin American Citizens

    Formation of the League of United Latin American Citizens

    Funded by a large variety of Mexican Americans in Texas. Their efforts worked towards Mexican American civil rights including desegregation in schools and equal working conditions.
  • "The Sleepy Lagoon" Case

    "The Sleepy Lagoon" Case

    The murder of José Gallardo Díaz would lead L.A police to question 600 Chicano youths, and charge 17 Mexican Americans with the murder of Díaz.
    (Lead to the Zoot Suit Roits)
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    The Zoot Suit Riots

    These riots consisted of U.S servicemen, off-duty police officers, and civilians violently fought with Latinos in L.A.
  • Mendez V Westmister

    Mendez V Westmister

    Ruling in federal court that segregated schools based on ethnicity goes against the constitution. (Would later promote Brown V Board of Education that desegregated schools nationwide)
  • Hernandez v Texas

    Hernandez v Texas

    Established equal protection under the law for Mexican Americans. (Mexican American Civil Rights Movement).
  • The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)

    The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)

    Ceaser Chavez and Dorles Hureta formed the NFWA (Which later became known as United Farm workers UFW). This organization would work to defend the rights of farmworkers.
  • Watts Riots

    Watts Riots

    After a man is pulled over for recklessly driving a riot ensues due to his arrest. These riots lasted 6 days. 34 people would have died by the end.
  • The Delano Grape Strike

    The Delano Grape Strike

    Sept 8, 1965, Filipino farm workers under the organization, Agricultural Workers Organization Committee struck ten grape vineyards.
  • The Crusade for Justice

    The Crusade for Justice

    An organization led by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales who wanted to promote social justice and equality for Mexican Americans. https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm
  • The Brown Berets

    The Brown Berets

    Funded by David John Sanchez and Carlos Montes this organization would participate in protests to combat police brutality.
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    East L.A Walkouts

    To protest the unequal education systems for Mexican Americans between the dates of March 1 and March 8 over 15,000 studnets walked out of schools in East L.A. https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ee799b78-4dd9-409d-9c84-361802731591/la-walkouts/
  • Chicano Moratorium

    Chicano Moratorium

    Rosalio Munoz led 30,000 people to protest the unequal draft that was disrupted to Mexican Americans during the Vietnam War.