HISPANIC CIVIL RIGHTS Flashcards
(15 cards)
Hispanic civil rights key issues covered
LAND
-after the american mexican war (1846-48) the border was settled between mexico and USA by treaty of guadalupe Hidalgo (mexicans living in areas that became american became us citizens or moved to mexico)
WORKERS RIGHTS
hispanic farm workers, esp those in bacero program, were abused and forced to pay for less (illegal immigrants)
DISCRIMINATION
-had to live in spanish speaking areasin worst part of town (often lived near african americans and experienced same discrimination)
DEPORTATION
operation wetback
what was the bracero programme
1942-64
garunteed mexicans the same waes as existing workers but didnt always work and were forced to work for lower wages
Cesar Chavez
main concern workers rights
fought non violent campaigns for rights of farm workers
set up a farm workers union and organised strikes, marches and protests (travelled widely)
Tijerina
organised protests abt mexican land rights in New Mexico
(started with legal protests then switched to marches, mass demonstrations and camp-ins on national forest land)
him and black power leaders signed an agreement to work together
JOSE ANGEL GUTIERREZ
leader of la raza unida party (encourged hispanics to vote and provided them with party candidate to vote for) SIMILAR TO FREEDOM SUMMER
The Brown Berets
a young militant organisation (hispanic rights)
set up in east LA and members wore uniform- INFLUENCE OF THE BLACK PANTHERS
campaigned against police brutality and led walkouts
when did chavez set up national farm workers association
1962
when were brown berets set up
1967
MAJOR HISPANIC AMERICAN PROTESTS
1965 DELANO GRAPE STRIKE
delano grape strike of national farm workers association
1967 NATIONAL GRAPE BOYCOTT
UFWOC urges national grape boycott
1968 LA SCHOOL WALKOUT
10,000 students walk out of mexican schools in LA
1971 BROWN BERETS MARCH
march 1,000 miles to protest police brutality and discrimination
1972 CHAVEZ FAST
chavez fasts in arizona for farm labour
Young lords association
young peurto ricas in chicago set up young lords association
moddled from the black panthers down to breakfasts for school children
when did the national grape strike end
1970
when did the supreme court rule that hispanics were equal
1954
1966 Congress’s Cuban American Adjustment act
all cubs who had lived in us for a year were citizens
chavez outcome
made a big difference to conditions of farm workers
outcome of land issues
still not settled
