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The Chicano Movement
The Chicano Movement VS. Civil Rights in the 1950-60's
The Chicano Movement
By:
Bo Waddle
Jordan Matthews
Trevin Alvarez
Civil Rights in the 50's and 60's
Growing
What is to Gain from The Movement?
Chicano Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
The Chicano's gave the Mexican American population a sense of urnist growth.The Latino community had almost no influence in National Political Arena. Though John F. Kennedy gave the Latino community a significant voting block. Also Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales defined the Chicano's through his fantastic poem called "I am Joaquin"
There were three gains from the Civil Rights Movement:
- Racial Equality
- Right to vote
- Desegregation
During the Vietnam War, Mexican American's were fighting for civil rights in the 1960's. The Chicano Movement started in New Mexico with Reies Lopez Tijerina. WIth the help of a couple major legal victories the Chicanos fight for reform began. The legal victories were Mendez v. Westminster (1947), Brown v. Board of Education (1954), and Hernandez v. Texans (1954)
The 1950's Civil Rights Movement was geared towards giving African-American's civil rights and to other racial groups. One of the most remembered Civil Rights Leaders is Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Movement inspired many other religious groups to fight for their civil rights as well.
Similarities
Goals
Key Factors
The three main goals of the Chicano Movement was to:
- Restore their land
- Gain rights for farm workers
- Gain education reforms
The Key Factors in the the Movement include
- Civil Disobedience
- Sit-ins
- Freedom rides
- Marches
- Civil Protest
- Legal Victories
- Brown Vs. Board of Education
The Chincano Movement and The Movement were geared toward different reasons but they did had some similarities between them.
- Civil Disobedience
- Racial Equality
- Desegregation
- Civil Protest
- Legal Victories in the Supreme Court
- Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)
Bibliography
- Nittle, Nadra K. "Understanding the History and Goals of the Chicano Movement." Race Relations. About.com. Web. 20 May 2014.
<http://racerrelations.about.com/od/historyofracerelations/a/BrownandProudTheChicanoMovement.htm>
- Mendoza, Valerie. "Chicano! A History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement." The Journal for MutliMedia History. Web. 20 May 2014 <http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol3/chicano/chicano.html>.