Dolores Huerta

chance to stand-up and do something for the community. There were many influential, scholars, activists, artists, educators and students guiding the Movement. Some very prominent names are “Reies López Tijerina, Corky González, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta” who gave this movement a purpose and leaders whose voices actually resulted in the Chicano’s…

this term has only grown. The readings and seminars that were a part of the class expanded my horizons. The readings presented insightful information that allowed the reader to think critically about the topic. The seminars we attended (B.A.M, Dolores Huerta) provided internal information. Information that provided the audience (us) with a stronger understanding of gender…

Throughout history there seem to be events that create a culture for everyone who comes after and gives that culture meaning and embeds it into the people who it affects. One of these events happened to the Pachuca/os, or zoot suiters, who were a subculture that emerged among Mexican American youth in the 1940s, characterized by their distinctive style of dress, which included oversized suits, long watch chains, and flamboyant accessories. During World War II, tensions between white sailors and…

One of the major issues relevant today in regards to race, ethnicity and migration in American history in the period following the Second World War is that white people are still seen as “more than.” For instance, in Steve Kroll-Smith, Vern Baxter, and Pam Jenkin’s book, Left to Chance, white people are seen are more important than the black people who have their homes completely submerged under water from Hurricane Katrina. The book focuses on two black neighborhoods in New Orleans, both of…

Would you be happy working on a field picking grapes from sunrise to sunset for less than minimum wage, and at the same time be mistreated? Many farm workers across America lived and worked under unacceptable conditions during the twentieth century, they suffered from injustice. One of the most important hot topics in the second half of the twentieth century is the Civil Rights movements. In this research paper I will explain the significance of the United Farm Workers Association, the…

eyes of a White middle class person. For example, the current reading curriculum I am forced to use with my ELD students includes people like Gregor Mendel and Theodore Roosevelt, but does not ever include readings on people like Cesar Chavez or Dolores Huerta. This is a clear example of assimilation within schools because the goal of assimilation is for students to adapt to the new culture and language as soon as possible and lose their identities while doing so (Bennett, 2014). The first…

“From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.” (Cesar Chavez). In the political career Cesar Chavez, a man known for sacrificing the rights for farm workers, a labor leader and a civil right activist became a big hero to many farmers in California especially to many Latinos. The education Chavez got was no enough so he served in the Navy during WW II for a couple of years. In…

within the white and black margins, to many, the African American sufferings come to mind. Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King are names we quickly remember, we don’t recall the Mexican American struggle, Mexican activists like Emma Tenayuca, or Dolores Huerta, or the nation’s first successful desegregation court case, Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District. Omitted from textbooks, historical data and documents, cases of Mexican and Mexican American lynchings and…

I would like to introduce a piece of my culture that my father grew up with and endured the struggle alongside their movement. I on the other had was like my father but more to my traditional roots. I am part of a warrior society that has given my life for the sake of protecting, preserving and defending our way of life even if I must give my life up for the weak. Now let’s move on to a story of Nonviolence and civil disobedience. The story of Cesar Estrada Chavez begins near Yuma, Arizona.…