1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 1968 East L.A. Walkouts - - >
20,000 high school students walk-out of school.