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League of United Latin American Citizens
Organization was created -
Chicano movement begins
The proof was provided as a specification for barrier free usable facilities for the handicap. The specifications provided the minimum requirements for barrier free physical and program access. An example of barriers are; providing only steps to enter buildings; lack of maintenance of walkways; locations not connected with public transit; lack of visual and hearing communications ends up segregating individuals with disabilities from independent, participation, and opportunities. -
Mendez v. Westminster
Declared that segregating children of "Mexican and Latin descent" was unconstitutional -
Edward R. Roybal
Edward R. Roybal became the first Mexican American since 1886 to win a seat on the Los Angeles City Council. -
Pay your poll tax
American G.I. Forum initiated local “pay your poll tax” drives to register Mexican American voters. -
Latino representatives
!950s-1960s Latino representatives are beginning to get elected. -
Hernandez v. Texas
Ruling which declared that Mexican Americans and other historically-subordinated groups in the United States were entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Mexican American Political Association
The Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), founded in Fresno, California. This organization drew up a plan for direct electoral politics. MAPA soon became the primary political voice for the Mexican-American community of California -
Chicano art develops
Chicano art was distinguished by the expression through public art forms. Chicano artists created a bi-cultural style that included US and Mexican influences. The Mexican style can be found by their use of bright colors and expressionism. The art has a very powerful regionalist factor that influences its work. An example of a Chicano mural can be found in California, called The Great Wall of LA or Tujunga Wash Mural by Judy Baca -
Aztltán
The name Aztlán was first taken up by a group of Chicano independence activists led by Oscar Zeta Acosta during the Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s. They used the name "Aztlán" to refer to the lands of Northern Mexico that were annexed by the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War. -
Poor People's March on Washington
Reies López Tijerina became involved in civil rights causes within six years and also became a cosponsor of the Poor People's March on Washington -
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
The most prominent civil rights organization in the Mexican-American community is created. -
Denver and East LA
High School walkouts. -
Chicano Moratorium
A movement by Chicano activists that organized anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and activities throughout the Southwest and other Mexican American communities -
University of California, Santa Barbara
the diverse student organizations came together under the new Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MECHA) was created initially concerned with education issues, but their activities evolved to participation in political campaigns and to various forms of protest against broader issues such as police brutality and the U.S. war in Southeast Asia. -
Chicano Moratorium
A staged walkout in a high school in Los Angeles. -
National Chicano Moratorium against the war
The Committee only lasted one more year but the political momentum generated by the Moratorium led many of its activists to continue their activism in other groups.[20] -
Madrigal v. Quilligan
Obtaining a moratorium on the compulsory sterilization of women and adoption of bilingual consent forms. These steps were necessary because many Hispanic women who did not understand English well were being sterilized in the United States at the time, without proper consent. -
Walkout
Houston high schools protest the discrepant academic quality for Latino students. -
Immigration marches
Widespread immigration marches occur. -
Walkouts
Protested illegal immigraiton laws.