1. Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality Chapter 23

2. Latinos Americans of Latin American descent

3. Mexican Americans 1848 – 100,000 Mexicans 1910s – 1 million 1940s and 1950s – braceros – temporary laborers Better paying jobs

4. Puerto Ricans in NYC

5. Cubans in Miami, Florida Flee the rule of Fidel Castro - 1959

6. Central Americans come in the 1960s

7. Latinos Ethnic prejudice, discrimination in jobs and housing Most lived in segregated barrios Jobless rate was 50% higher

8. Cesar Chavez Organizes farm workers to form a union Forms the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee in 1966

9. Hunger strike – grape growers refuse to recognize the union

10. Cesar Chavez Farm workers go across country to convince people to boycott California grapes 1970 – Huerta negotiates a contract – higher wages and some benefits

11. Cultural Pride 1968 – Bilingual Education Act Chicano Studies 1968 – Brown Berets organize a walkout in East LA high schools 15,000 students Want smaller classes, more Chicano teachers

12. La Raza Unida (Mexican-Americans United) 1970s – run Latino candidates in five states Win races for mayor, city council, school boards

13. https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/DuePe arcyCollection/Why%20We%20Boycott.pdf https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/DuePe arcyCollection/Why%20We%20Boycott.pdf

14. Women Fight for Equality Section 2

15. Feminism The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men - 1960 – 40 percent work - less pay and opportunities - active in the Civil Rights Movement but had lesser roles

17. NOW Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission National Organization for Women (1966) Child-care facilities Guidelines to employers

19. Gloria Steinem

20. Changes Some refused to take their husband’s last name 1972 – Congress passes a ban on gender discrimination for educational programs taking federal assistance - women go to previous all-male colleges

21. Roe v. Wade 1973 – Supreme Court rules women can have the right to an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy

22. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Congress passes it in 1972 The “pro-family” movement begins Only 35 of 38 states ratify it

23. Gender Pay http://kxan.com/investigative-story/the-glaring-gender-pay-gap-in- central-texas/ http://kxan.com/investigative-story/the-glaring-gender-pay-gap-in- central-texas/