League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Throughout the years, Hispanics have been a target of oppression and mistreatment due to their ethnicity and color. Many were without education and with little opportunities, most were not able to occupy stable jobs to provide for their families. They’re one of the poorest races in United States and without the help of others, it may be hard for an individual of Hispanic origin to succeed in life and thrive. Fortunately, an organization called League of United Latin American Citizens have been helping out many of their fellow brethren to rise out of oppression and to create better lives for themselves and their families. Before this thriving organization came to be however, they had met their …show more content…
However, some Hispanics in Texas have decided that they had enough when the acts of discrimination against them reached to levels they could no longer endure or ignore, and started to form unions that battled against the atrocities of the whites (LULAC History - All for One and One for All). The organization officially came to be when the Order of the Sons of America [El Orden Hijos de America], the Order of the Knights of America [El Ordern Caballeros de America], and the League of Latino Americans Citizens combined into one enormous union in Corpus Christi in 1929 (“League of United Latin American Citizens”). However, the formation of this organization was overall very complicated because some of the leaders from each of the branches had doubts whether the merge was a rationale idea due to their different beliefs. Each organization had its own proud history, backbone, system, and leader, which meant that there was a possibility of sacrificing their unique ideals in the process. They knew that they were not the only prevailing Mexican American organization of that time. There have been others who untied to …show more content…
One of their efforts to improve Hispanic education was the case of Mendez v. Westminster in 1947 in which they successfully sued to integrate the Orange County district in California. The organization backed five fathers who claimed that their children were victims of discrimination by being required to go to a “school for Mexicans, and in the end, the judge ruled in their favor and were able to put their kids along with the other five thousand affected colored children to the proper schools and receive adequate education. This event was crucial because the government was starting to recognize the efforts made by the Hispanic community to improve their and their children’s lives ("Mendez v. Westminster"). This case not only affected the Hispanics but African Americans as well. With the involvement of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] in this case, it shows an important crossover between two different ethnic backgrounds who had been experiencing oppression throughout their lives. It helped the African – Americans justify the injustice of their segregation in schools from the whites as presented in the case Brown v. Board of Education (Blanco). Another case that significantly affected the civil – rights of Hispanics was
Throughout the years, Hispanics have been a target of oppression and mistreatment due to their ethnicity and color. Many were without education and with little opportunities, most were not able to occupy stable jobs to provide for their families. They’re one of the poorest races in United States and without the help of others, it may be hard for an individual of Hispanic origin to succeed in life and thrive. Fortunately, an organization called League of United Latin American Citizens have been helping out many of their fellow brethren to rise out of oppression and to create better lives for themselves and their families. Before this thriving organization came to be however, they had met their …show more content…
However, some Hispanics in Texas have decided that they had enough when the acts of discrimination against them reached to levels they could no longer endure or ignore, and started to form unions that battled against the atrocities of the whites (LULAC History - All for One and One for All). The organization officially came to be when the Order of the Sons of America [El Orden Hijos de America], the Order of the Knights of America [El Ordern Caballeros de America], and the League of Latino Americans Citizens combined into one enormous union in Corpus Christi in 1929 (“League of United Latin American Citizens”). However, the formation of this organization was overall very complicated because some of the leaders from each of the branches had doubts whether the merge was a rationale idea due to their different beliefs. Each organization had its own proud history, backbone, system, and leader, which meant that there was a possibility of sacrificing their unique ideals in the process. They knew that they were not the only prevailing Mexican American organization of that time. There have been others who untied to …show more content…
One of their efforts to improve Hispanic education was the case of Mendez v. Westminster in 1947 in which they successfully sued to integrate the Orange County district in California. The organization backed five fathers who claimed that their children were victims of discrimination by being required to go to a “school for Mexicans, and in the end, the judge ruled in their favor and were able to put their kids along with the other five thousand affected colored children to the proper schools and receive adequate education. This event was crucial because the government was starting to recognize the efforts made by the Hispanic community to improve their and their children’s lives ("Mendez v. Westminster"). This case not only affected the Hispanics but African Americans as well. With the involvement of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] in this case, it shows an important crossover between two different ethnic backgrounds who had been experiencing oppression throughout their lives. It helped the African – Americans justify the injustice of their segregation in schools from the whites as presented in the case Brown v. Board of Education (Blanco). Another case that significantly affected the civil – rights of Hispanics was