Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez Reies Lopez Tijerina NM Land Grant Justice Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez Educational Justice La Raza Unida Party Delores Huerta United Farm Workers Union
United Farm Workers Union César Chávez Inspired by Black Civil Rights movement. Founded and led first successful farm workers’ union in US history. Nonviolence advocate United Farm Workers Union Boycotts Strikes Marches Sit-Ins
Chicano Movement Four Directions “Chicano” reclaimed from a pejorative to term of pride in 1960s. Four Directions Farmworkers Movement “Homelands” Political Power Youth Movement César Chávez + Dolores Huerta Atzlán La Raza Unida Party Anti-Discrimination In Schools better housing, jobs and educational opportunities Walkouts
1968 East L.A. Walkouts - - > 20,000 high school students walk-out of school.