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Birth Of Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez biography
Cesar Chavez used nonviolent tactics to bring attention to the misstreatment of farm workers. Cesar worked in farm fields when he was a young man with his family. After working as a communitiy and labor organizer in the 50's he created the National Farm Workers Assosiation (NFWA). -
Creation of American G.I Forum
The American G.I Forum (AGIF) was created on March 26th 1948. 700 mexican Americans met in Corpus Christi, texas and created the AGIF. This organization secured the rights of all mexican Americans. The forum first delt with the wrong doing of the veterans adminstration, who denied mexican americans their earned benefits through the G.I bill of rights of 1944. After seccuring those benefits they focused on other issues like mexican american representation on the draft board and hospital care -
Mendez vs. Westminster
Mendez vs. Westminster article
The Mendez Family lived in a prodomently white neighborhood and the father registered his daughter for a the Westminster main school, he was told that his kids would have to attend a mexican american school. Mendez's lawyer argueed that this was a violation of the 14th ammendment. -
Delano grape strike and boycott
strike articile On september 8th 1965, filipino grape farm workers walked out and started a boycott against the Delano area grape growers for being under payed, having poor conditions and long hours. Cesar Chavez led the strike. He led a 300 mile march from Delano to Sacramento. He also annouced on February 1968 that he would partake in a 25 day hunger strike. In 1970 The boycott was finaly success. -
immigration control and reform act
http://www.npr.
Ronald Raegan Paased This bill in hopes to reduce illegal immigration into the United States and to "wipe the slate clean" for those illegals already living here by granting them legal residence.
The IRCA included an amnesty program for two main categories of illegal immigrants:those who could show that they had resided illegally in the United States continuously since at least January 1st and those who had worked as agricultural workers for at least 90 days between May 1, 1985 -
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
deferred action was a status in which individuals can apply for job employment authorization and are in the united states under color of law. However, it does not always lead to citizenship and can be revoked at any time
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major accomplishmetns 1
in 1933 the latino californian unions led the el monte strike due to decreasing pay for agricuktural workers from the dropped pay of 9 cents an hour after the strike the wages increased back up to 20 cents an hour
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major accomplishmetns 2
in 1968 the latino highschool students in Las Angelas were frowend upon when they used their own language and were discouraged from succeding and going to college. after school walkouts state wide and police brutality along with 13 arrests the schools gave way to reform and incraesed college enrolment
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major accomplishments 3
courts find californian bill prop 187 to be unconstitutional which formally was banning illegal immigrants to use health care and ppublic education etc . in california.The decision ensures that children can get an education, working families can get health care, and law enforcement can focus on fighting crime.
https://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights/cas-anti-immigrant-proposition-187-voided-ending-states-five-year-battle-aclu-righ -
current problems
still today hispanics are facing problems in life especially economically and socially. They are way below whites on total net worth with 7,000 compared to whites 110,000. another problem they face is socail justice or violence. cops are very much more likely to hurt or mistreat someone with colored skin than a white man, which they hope this soon will be changing .http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/state-black-america-2015-n326416
