Latino Civil Rights History Notes 6-9
Latino Civil Rights American GI Forum (1948): Protect the rights of Latino Veterans Help Latinos Vets get access to education and housing benefits
Latino Civil Rights Longoria Affair (1948): WWII Veteran Felix Longoria refused burial at a Texas cemetery President Lyndon Johnson gets Longoria buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Latino Civil Rights Longoria Affair:
Latino Civil Rights Hernandez v. Texas (1954): History of discrimination against Latinos Allowed Latinos to serve on juries in Texas
Latino Civil Rights Video: Rita Moreno Video: West Side Story - America
Latino Civil Rights Operation Wetback (1954): Program to deport illegal Latino immigrants Racially profiled Latinos and deported Mexican-American U.S. citizens too (Video)
Latino Civil Rights United Farm Workers (1960s): Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organized labor strikes to demand… Recognition of Union rights Increased wages for laborers End to child labor
Latino Civil Rights United Farm Workers (1960s): Organized national boycott on grapes
Latino Civil Rights Cubans in Miami (1973) City of Miami becomes bilingual (1980) Miami becomes English-only after a pushback against Latinos Video
Latino Civil Rights Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986): President Reagan grants amnesty (pardon) to 3 million Latino immigrants Toughens U.S. border security and immigration laws Video