1. Chicano Mural Movement
Topic for March 20th
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U.S. History Unit 11, Lesson 2

2. Proverb of the Day
“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.”
Indian Proverb

3. El Movimiento Chicano
During the 1960's an important component of Chicano Movement was the involvement of artists in this socio-political movement.
As artists began to actively participate in the efforts to redress the plight of Mexicans in the United States, there emerged a new iconography and symbolic language which not only articulated the movement, but became the core of a Chicano cultural renaissance.

4. Congresso de Artistas Chicanos en Aztlan "We Are Not A Minority," Mural Estrada Courts Housing Project, East Los Angeles, 1978

5. By Pablo O'Higgins
Painted in 1945 and later donated to the University of Washington, O'Higgins' "The Struggle Against Racial Discrimination" remained in storage for decades until pressure from El Centro de La Raza convinced the University to restore the mural.

7. “Explosion of Chicano Creativity,” by Daniel Desiga (1972)
“Explosion of Chicano Creativity,” by Daniel Desiga (1972). Located in the Ethnic Cultural Center at the University of Washington in Seattle
Possible Symbols: Boy shining shoes (child labor); accordion (instrument represents music associated with the culture); fields (represent farm labor); cactus and chilis (food associated with the culture); a hand pointing upward (points to the word “educate”) education is the key to an improved quality of life; (man on the cross) religion and suffering
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8. http://www. seattlemet
See a gallery of photographs of this mural at
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