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The Chicano Movement, where people fought for their rights and freedoms.
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An independent organisation, United Farm Workers is founded in California, by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
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The UFW called a strike against grape growers in Central California. The strike's goal was to gain higher pay, job security and better working and living conditions for farm workers.
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Thousands of high school students in East Losa Angeles started a series of walk-outs from their schools to protest against the racial discriminated within schools.
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Farm workers were sent to cities all over the United States to organise the boycott. Mexican Americans and supporters staged protests at grocery stores pressuring people not to buy and sell grapes.
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Grape growers were unable to sell their grapes to many stores. Under pressure, grape growers agreed to sign a contract with the union, ending the strike.
