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declared school segregation of mexican and latino student unconstitutional

mendez v westminster 1947

declared that mexican-americans and other historically marginalized groups in US entitled to equal protection under the 14th ammendment

hernandez v texas 1954

put a temporary stop on compulsory sterilization and required the provision of translated medical documents (especially consent forms)

madrigal v quilligan 1974

height of chicano civil rights movement

60s and 70s

el movimiento

chicano civil rights movement

considered extension of the mexican-american civil rights movement

chicano civil rights movement

beginning of mexican-american civil rights movement

1940s

cofounder of la raza united

cesar chavez

cofounder of united farm workers

cesar chavez in 1962

led farm workers struggle

cesar chavez in 60s

raised political awareness of discrimination against chicanos

cesar chavez

other cofounder of la raza unida

delores huerta

original vice president of united farm workers (UFW)

delores huerta

organized grape boycott in new york

delores huerta in 1960s

worked to pass first laws protecting collective-bargaining rights for california farm workers

delores huerta in 1975

helped define meaning of being chicano through famous poem "yo soy joaquin"

rodolfo "corky" gonzales (denver)

mirta vidal (new york) lifespan

1949-2004

born in argentina and immigrated to the US when she was young

mirta vidal

joined socialist workers party

mirta vidal in 1960s

served as national director of the chicano and latino sect of the young socialist alliance

mirta vidal

assisted with the united states committee for justice to latino american political prisoners (USLA)

mirta vidal

USLA

united states committee for justice to latin american political prisoners

worked on land grant movement

reis lopez tijerina (new mexico)

land grant movement

movement to regain control of ancestral lands

MALDEF

mexican american legal defense and educational fund (very active)

MALDEF founded

1968

MALDEF cause

political advocacy

CFMN

comision femenil mexicana nacional (active nationally until 2000, some local chapters still active)

CFMN founded

1970

CFMN cause

fight for political and economical empowerment of hispanic women

founded in 1962 by ceasar chavez and delores huerta

united farm workers union (very active)

defends farm workers rights to a clean/safe work environment

united farm workers union

fights for equal wages

united farm workers union

nations first successful and larges farm workers unions

united farm workers union

currently active in 10 state

united farm workers union

based in texas new mexico and california

la raza unida (inactive)

3rd party political group from 1970-1978

la raza unida

principal organizers of la raza unida

jose angel gutierrez and mario compean

goals to bring greater economic, social, and political self-determination to mexican-americans

la raza unida

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

21st century goal of chicano civil rights movement

increase intelligent representation of chicanos in mainstream american media and entertatinment

also referred to as chicana feminism of xicanism

chicana feminist movement

ideology based on the rejection of traditional "household" role of a mexican american woman as mother wife child bearer

chicana feminist movement

challenges stereotypes of women across the lines of gender ethnicity class race and sexuality

chicana feminist movement

serves as middle ground between chicano movement and white dominated feminist movement

chicana feminist movement

taught chicano studies, feminist studies, and creative writing in various universities (SFSU, UT Austin, Norwich University)

gloria anzaldua

played fundamental role in development of chicana feminist theory in 70s and beyond

gloria anzaldua

other coeditor of this bridge called my back

gloria anzaldua

notable feminist active in migrant farm workers movements

gloria anzaldua

norma alarcon's bday

november 30 1943

poet writer and scholar

gloria anzaldua

author, professor and publisher

norma alarcon

founded third woman press

norma alarcon

publishes extensively about chicana feminist issues

norma alarcon

martha cotera bday

jan 17 1938

martha cotera birthplace

chihuahua, mexico

librarian, writer, influential activist of chicano civil rights movement and the chican feminist movement of 60s and 70s

martha cotera

active in la raza unida and later established kujeres de la raza unida

marhta cotera

start of chicano student movement

60s

mass walkouts to protest unequal education

chicano student movement

locations and dates of major walkouts

east LA in 68 and houston in 78

sitins to protest decreased funding for chicano courses

chicano student movement

active chicano student organizations

UMAS, MAYA, MAYO

inactive chicano student organization

brown berets

UMAS

united mexican american students

MAYA

mexican american youth association (based in california)

MAYO

mexican american youth organization (based in texas)

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

moraga born when and where

1952 california

moraga's original last name

lawrence

where did the name moraga come from?

mother's maiden name

playwrite, poet, political activist, professor

moraga

politically active in chicano civil rights movement, chicana feminist movement, lgbtq

moraga

moraga's son's name

rafael

moraga's life partner

celia herrera rodriguez

edited this bridge called my back (1981) with gloria anzaldua

moraga

machismo

manliness ideals of chicanos

la familia

traditional chicano family structure

la migra

slang term for us immigration and customs enforcement

ICE

US immigration and customs enforcement

la raza

the race (mexicans)

la guerra

means war, moraga uses term to refer to her light skin

mestizo/a

person of mixed european and native american ancestry (indigenous mexican)

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