The Chicano Civil Rights Movement was a movement that took off in the 1960’s which was also when the civil rights movement was in full motion through out the united states. With increased political activity from African American groups to produce much needed change as well as the implantation of the civil rights act of 1964 its easy to see why the Chicano Movement flourished. The 1960’s was a time of political activism which helped move forward the goals of not only African Americans and Mexican Americans but minorities as a whole. The need for a Chicano Movement was unavoidable because where ever there were an abundance of minorities racism and unfair practices towards minorities would follow. In the Working fields farm workers were being
