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1 Latino Civil Rights History Notes 14-5

2 Latino Civil Rights American GI Forum (1948):
Protect the rights of Latino Veterans Help Latinos Vets get access to education and housing benefits

3 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 Video

4 Latino Civil Rights Longoria Affair:

5 Latino Civil Rights Hernandez v. Texas (1954):
History of discrimination against Latinos Allowed Latinos to serve on juries in Texas

6 Latino Civil Rights Video: Rita Moreno
Video: West Side Story - America

7 Latino Civil Rights Operation Wetback (1954):
Program to deport illegal Latino immigrants Racially profiled Latinos and deported Mexican-American U.S. citizens too (Video)

8 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

9 Latino Civil Rights United Farm Workers (1960s):
Organized national boycott on grapes

10 Latino Civil Rights Cuban and Puerto Ricans
Puerto Ricans travel to New York City after economic troubles (1950s-60s) Cubans fleeing Communism travel to Miami, Florida (1960s-1980s)

11 Latino Civil Rights Cuban and Puerto Ricans
(1973) City of Miami becomes bilingual (1980) Miami becomes English-only after a pushback against Latinos

12 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


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