Compare And Contrast The Chicano Movement And The Black Power Movement

During the 1960’s the United States faced two major movements that were different but similar. These two movements were fighting for the same goal, both communities wanted to achieve political, economic and social equality for the best interest of their people. These two major groups were the Chicano People’s movement and the Black Power Movement. Two movements composed of different people who shared the same ideologies but mainly self-determination. They shared similar experiences on which they were mistreated, disrespected, segregated and misrepresented by the white people living in the United States at that time. But disregards of their similar ideology and their similar experiences, they had a different way of thinking, both groups view the world treating …show more content…
They organized and started traveling to different states signing petitions and creating more awareness. The purpose of these organizations other than trying to get the land back was to push the government to respect their civil rights; another struggle they were dealing with was fighting to keep their culture, their traditions and their heritage. A few years after Tijerina’s Alianza Federal raised the issues, politicians such as Senator Joseph Montoya and Representative Manuel Lujan from New Mexico, Augustus Hawckins from California and Henry B. Gonzalez from Texas introduced similar bills that if passed were to establish a commission that was entitled to review the violations of the treaty and make any recommendation needed to the president or the Congress… “Unfortunately there are no records of the debates… like other bills before these they were killed by conservative interest in Congress”