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declared school segregation of mexican and latino student unconstitutional |
mendez v westminster 1947 |
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declared that mexican-americans and other historically marginalized groups in US entitled to equal protection under the 14th ammendment |
hernandez v texas 1954 |
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put a temporary stop on compulsory sterilization and required the provision of translated medical documents (especially consent forms) |
madrigal v quilligan 1974 |
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height of chicano civil rights movement |
60s and 70s |
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el movimiento |
chicano civil rights movement |
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considered extension of the mexican-american civil rights movement |
chicano civil rights movement |
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beginning of mexican-american civil rights movement |
1940s |
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cofounder of la raza united |
cesar chavez |
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cofounder of united farm workers |
cesar chavez in 1962 |
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led farm workers struggle |
cesar chavez in 60s |
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raised political awareness of discrimination against chicanos |
cesar chavez |
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other cofounder of la raza unida |
delores huerta |
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original vice president of united farm workers (UFW) |
delores huerta |
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organized grape boycott in new york |
delores huerta in 1960s |
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worked to pass first laws protecting collective-bargaining rights for california farm workers |
delores huerta in 1975 |
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helped define meaning of being chicano through famous poem "yo soy joaquin" |
rodolfo "corky" gonzales (denver) |
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mirta vidal (new york) lifespan |
1949-2004 |
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born in argentina and immigrated to the US when she was young |
mirta vidal |
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joined socialist workers party |
mirta vidal in 1960s |
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served as national director of the chicano and latino sect of the young socialist alliance |
mirta vidal |
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assisted with the united states committee for justice to latino american political prisoners (USLA) |
mirta vidal |
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USLA |
united states committee for justice to latin american political prisoners |
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worked on land grant movement |
reis lopez tijerina (new mexico) |
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land grant movement |
movement to regain control of ancestral lands |
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MALDEF |
mexican american legal defense and educational fund (very active) |
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MALDEF founded |
1968 |
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MALDEF cause |
political advocacy |
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CFMN |
comision femenil mexicana nacional (active nationally until 2000, some local chapters still active) |
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CFMN founded |
1970 |
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CFMN cause |
fight for political and economical empowerment of hispanic women |
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founded in 1962 by ceasar chavez and delores huerta |
united farm workers union (very active) |
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defends farm workers rights to a clean/safe work environment |
united farm workers union |
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fights for equal wages |
united farm workers union |
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nations first successful and larges farm workers unions |
united farm workers union |
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currently active in 10 state |
united farm workers union |
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based in texas new mexico and california |
la raza unida (inactive) |
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3rd party political group from 1970-1978 |
la raza unida |
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principal organizers of la raza unida |
jose angel gutierrez and mario compean |
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goals to bring greater economic, social, and political self-determination to mexican-americans |
la raza unida |
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historical goals of chicano civil rights movement |
restoration of land grants, farm workers awareness, enhanced education, voting and political rights, awareness of collective history, breaking through negative stereotypes |
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21st century goal of chicano civil rights movement |
increase intelligent representation of chicanos in mainstream american media and entertatinment |
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also referred to as chicana feminism of xicanism |
chicana feminist movement |
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ideology based on the rejection of traditional "household" role of a mexican american woman as mother wife child bearer |
chicana feminist movement |
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challenges stereotypes of women across the lines of gender ethnicity class race and sexuality |
chicana feminist movement |
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serves as middle ground between chicano movement and white dominated feminist movement |
chicana feminist movement |
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taught chicano studies, feminist studies, and creative writing in various universities (SFSU, UT Austin, Norwich University) |
gloria anzaldua |
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played fundamental role in development of chicana feminist theory in 70s and beyond |
gloria anzaldua |
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other coeditor of this bridge called my back |
gloria anzaldua |
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notable feminist active in migrant farm workers movements |
gloria anzaldua |
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norma alarcon's bday |
november 30 1943 |
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poet writer and scholar |
gloria anzaldua |
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author, professor and publisher |
norma alarcon |
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founded third woman press |
norma alarcon |
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publishes extensively about chicana feminist issues |
norma alarcon |
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martha cotera bday |
jan 17 1938 |
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martha cotera birthplace |
chihuahua, mexico |
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librarian, writer, influential activist of chicano civil rights movement and the chican feminist movement of 60s and 70s |
martha cotera |
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active in la raza unida and later established kujeres de la raza unida |
marhta cotera |
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start of chicano student movement |
60s |
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mass walkouts to protest unequal education |
chicano student movement
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locations and dates of major walkouts |
east LA in 68 and houston in 78 |
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sitins to protest decreased funding for chicano courses |
chicano student movement |
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active chicano student organizations |
UMAS, MAYA, MAYO |
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inactive chicano student organization |
brown berets |
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UMAS |
united mexican american students |
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MAYA |
mexican american youth association (based in california) |
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MAYO |
mexican american youth organization (based in texas) |
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brown berets |
chicano youth group that began in 60s in california that featured a more militaristic and nationalistic ideology than the larger chicano civil rights movement |
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moraga born when and where |
1952 california |
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moraga's original last name |
lawrence |
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where did the name moraga come from? |
mother's maiden name |
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playwrite, poet, political activist, professor |
moraga |
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politically active in chicano civil rights movement, chicana feminist movement, lgbtq |
moraga |
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moraga's son's name |
rafael |
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moraga's life partner |
celia herrera rodriguez |
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edited this bridge called my back (1981) with gloria anzaldua |
moraga |
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machismo |
manliness ideals of chicanos |
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la familia |
traditional chicano family structure |
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la migra
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slang term for us immigration and customs enforcement |
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ICE |
US immigration and customs enforcement |
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la raza |
the race (mexicans) |
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la guerra |
means war, moraga uses term to refer to her light skin |
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mestizo/a |
person of mixed european and native american ancestry (indigenous mexican) |
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el plan de aztlan |
challenges US-mexico border control and suppression of immigration services, political domination and institutional racism, english-only measures, racism, xenophobia, and exploitation |